{"id":53688,"date":"2019-07-17T14:36:38","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T09:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=53688"},"modified":"2019-07-17T14:37:08","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T09:37:08","slug":"islamabad-plastic-bag-ban-come-into-effect-starting-aug-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/islamabad-plastic-bag-ban-come-into-effect-starting-aug-14.html","title":{"rendered":"Islamabad plastic bag ban to come into effect starting Aug 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Advisor to Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam announced on Tuesday that the Statutory Regulatory Order (SRO) to prohibit the use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/decision-to-ban-plastic-bags-in-islamabad.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">plastic bags<\/a> in the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) had been approved by the Federal Cabinet, a news source reported. The ban will come into effect starting August 14.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-to-learn-from-finnish-zero-waste-economy-model.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pakistan to learn from Finnish &#8216;zero-waste economy&#8217; model<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The advisor informed the media that the new law had been based on various regulatory models geared towards curbing popular plastic consumption; all of which were currently being implemented across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that the said legislation would allow the government to impose a fine of PKR 50,000-500,000 on plastic bag manufacturers; PKR 10,000 to 5 million on traders; and PKR 5,000 on every day citizens found using the said non-biodegradable utility. The fines have been kept high so that people recognise the importance of this initiative, he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/industrialists-urged-to-develop-green-areas-in-industries.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Industrialists urged to develop green areas in industries<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The use of plastics in Pakistan has increased exponentially in the past few decades. According to Malik Amin, they comprise a \u2018menace to society\u2019; seeing as they clog drains leading to urban flooding and the spread of a number of diseases. Furthermore, they remain part of the ecosystem for at least a thousand years \u2013 being dumped, eventually, into the sea following their use.<\/p>\n<p>As per the advisor, this decision comes in line with the government\u2019s vision is to create a \u2018Clean and Green Pakistan\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Advisor to Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam announced on Tuesday that the Statutory Regulatory Order (SRO) to prohibit the use of plastic bags in the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) had been approved by the Federal Cabinet, a news source reported. The ban will come into effect starting August 14. Read:\u00a0Pakistan to learn from Finnish &#8216;zero-waste economy&#8217; model The advisor informed the media that the new law had been based on various regulatory models geared towards curbing popular plastic consumption; all of which were currently being implemented across the globe. He stated that the said legislation would allow the government to impose a fine of PKR 50,000-500,000 on plastic bag manufacturers; PKR 10,000 to 5 million on traders; and PKR 5,000 on every day citizens found using the said non-biodegradable utility. The fines have been kept high so that people recognise the importance of this initiative, he added. Read:\u00a0Industrialists urged to develop green areas in industries The use of plastics in Pakistan has increased exponentially in the past few decades. According to Malik Amin, they comprise a \u2018menace to society\u2019; seeing as they clog drains leading to urban flooding and the spread of a number of diseases.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":10795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[12288],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-53688","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-details-on-islamabad-plastic-bag-ban-to-come-into-effect-starting-aug-14"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Islamabad plastic bag ban to come into effect starting Aug 14 - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: Advisor to Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam announced on Tuesday that the Statutory Regulatory Order (SRO) to prohibit the use\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/islamabad-plastic-bag-ban-come-into-effect-starting-aug-14.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Islamabad plastic bag ban to come into effect starting Aug 14 - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: Advisor to Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam announced on Tuesday that the Statutory Regulatory Order (SRO) to prohibit the use\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/islamabad-plastic-bag-ban-come-into-effect-starting-aug-14.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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