{"id":55932,"date":"2019-10-04T15:54:09","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T10:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=55932"},"modified":"2019-10-04T15:54:59","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T10:54:59","slug":"epa-launches-operation-against-polythene-bags-hyderabad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/epa-launches-operation-against-polythene-bags-hyderabad.html","title":{"rendered":"EPA launches operation against polythene bags in Hyderabad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hyderabad: The staff from the department of the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has launched an operation against the buyers and sellers of substandard polythene plastic bags, according to news sources.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-begins-implementation-plastic-bags-ban.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sindh begins implementation of plastic bags ban<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As per the reports, the Regional Incharge of the Environment department led a police task force to the Tower Market and surrounding areas, and extracted a huge quantity of pollution causing, non-degradable plastic bags, from the shops of retailers and wholesalers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/climate-ministry-reports-90-drop-single-use-plastic-bags.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Climate ministry reports 90% drop in single-use plastic bags<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The source also reported that the retailers in the area removed these substandard bags from their establishments, upon learning of this operation. The task force distributed the official notification pamphlets highlighting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-govt-ban-plastic-bag-usage-starting-oct-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ban on plastic bags enforced by the Sindh government<\/a>. The department is yet to make any arrests in this regard, but is strict about upholding the ban.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hyderabad: The staff from the department of the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has launched an operation against the buyers and sellers of substandard polythene plastic bags, according to news sources. Read: Sindh begins implementation of plastic bags ban As per the reports, the Regional Incharge of the Environment department led a police task force to the Tower Market and surrounding areas, and extracted a huge quantity of pollution causing, non-degradable plastic bags, from the shops of retailers and wholesalers. Read: Climate ministry reports 90% drop in single-use plastic bags The source also reported that the retailers in the area removed these substandard bags from their establishments, upon learning of this operation. The task force distributed the official notification pamphlets highlighting the ban on plastic bags enforced by the Sindh government. The department is yet to make any arrests in this regard, but is strict about upholding the ban.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":37632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13280],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-55932","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-details-on-epa-launches-operation-against-polythene-bags-in-hyderabad"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>EPA launches operation against polythene bags in Hyderabad - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hyderabad: The staff from the department of the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has launched an operation against the buyers and sellers of\" \/>\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\/epa-launches-operation-against-polythene-bags-hyderabad.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EPA launches operation against polythene bags in Hyderabad - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hyderabad: The staff from the department of the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has launched an operation against the buyers and sellers of\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/epa-launches-operation-against-polythene-bags-hyderabad.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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