{"id":62104,"date":"2020-03-01T10:00:30","date_gmt":"2020-03-01T05:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=62104"},"modified":"2020-02-28T17:23:15","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T12:23:15","slug":"complete-ban-plastic-bag-usage-islamabad-implemented","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/complete-ban-plastic-bag-usage-islamabad-implemented.html","title":{"rendered":"Complete ban on plastic bag usage in Islamabad implemented"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Director-General (DG) Dr Fazana Shah has said that the government has imposed a complete ban on the use of plastic bags in the capital city, a news source reported. As per the publication, she said that the directive was imposed both in letter and spirit in Islamabad, while the provinces had also been discouraging plastic bags\u2019 usage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/plastic-bags-recycling-in-islamabad.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Climate change ministry to make flower pots, bins out of plastic bags (opens in a new tab)\">Climate change ministry to make flower pots, bins out of plastic bags<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She spoke about the impact of plastic bags on the environment and people\u2019s health during a seminar titled \u2018Plastic Free Islamabad\u2019; organised by the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration under the \u2018Clean &amp; Green Pakistan\u2019. ICT organised the seminar primarily to educate the business community about the significance of abolishing plastic bag usage for health and cleanliness reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/transgenders-prepare-fabric-bags-substitute-plastic-bags-swat.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Transgenders to prepare fabric bags to substitute plastic bags in Swat (opens in a new tab)\">Transgenders to prepare fabric bags to substitute plastic bags in Swat<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Islamabad Chamber of Commerce &amp; Industry (ICCI) President Muhammad Ahmed Waheed and Anjuman-e-Tajaran Pakistan President Ajmal Baloch attended the seminar as chief guests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ccb-to-impose-plastic-bag-ban-this-month.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"CCB to impose plastic-bag ban this month (opens in a new tab)\">CCB to impose plastic-bag ban this month<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously, the Lahore High Court (LHC) had imposed a ban on the use of plastic bags in shopping malls and megastores. The Punjab government had also announced its decision to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-govt-introduce-new-plastic-bag-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"implement a new policy (opens in a new tab)\">implement a new policy<\/a> regarding the use of plastic bags.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Director-General (DG) Dr Fazana Shah has said that the government has imposed a complete ban on the use of plastic bags in the capital city, a news source reported. As per the publication, she said that the directive was imposed both in letter and spirit in Islamabad, while the provinces had also been discouraging plastic bags\u2019 usage. Read: Climate change ministry to make flower pots, bins out of plastic bags She spoke about the impact of plastic bags on the environment and people\u2019s health during a seminar titled \u2018Plastic Free Islamabad\u2019; organised by the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration under the \u2018Clean &amp; Green Pakistan\u2019. ICT organised the seminar primarily to educate the business community about the significance of abolishing plastic bag usage for health and cleanliness reasons. Read: Transgenders to prepare fabric bags to substitute plastic bags in Swat Islamabad Chamber of Commerce &amp; Industry (ICCI) President Muhammad Ahmed Waheed and Anjuman-e-Tajaran Pakistan President Ajmal Baloch attended the seminar as chief guests. Read: CCB to impose plastic-bag ban this month Previously, the Lahore High Court (LHC) had imposed a ban on the use of plastic bags in shopping malls and megastores. The Punjab government&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":60653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15181,15015],"tags":[21399,21400],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-62104","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"category-legal-taxation","9":"tag-complete-ban-on-plastic-bag","10":"tag-environmental-protection-agency-epa","11":"cat-15181-id","12":"cat-15015-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Complete ban on plastic bag in Islamabad implemented - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Director-General (DG) Dr Fazana Shah has said that the government has imposed a complete ban on\" \/>\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\/complete-ban-plastic-bag-usage-islamabad-implemented.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Complete ban on plastic bag in Islamabad implemented - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Director-General (DG) Dr Fazana Shah has said that the government has imposed a complete ban on\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/complete-ban-plastic-bag-usage-islamabad-implemented.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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