{"id":62333,"date":"2020-03-06T13:01:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T08:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=62333"},"modified":"2020-03-06T13:01:11","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T08:01:11","slug":"balochistan-prepares-three-tier-campaign-ban-plastic-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/balochistan-prepares-three-tier-campaign-ban-plastic-use.html","title":{"rendered":"Balochistan prepares three-tier campaign to ban plastic use"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Balochistan Minister for Environment, Livestock and Dairy Development Mitha Khan Kakar on Wednesday revealed that the provincial government had formulated a three-tier campaign to ban plastic use in Quetta under the government&#8217;s &#8216;Plastic Free Pakistan&#8217; initiative, a news source reported. <\/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>Reportedly, the Balochistan environment department has already carried out all the necessary preparations for the plastic ban campaign. Minister Kakar said that the department would distribute eco-friendly bags among people to counter the threat of plastic bags and commence an awareness campaign for the purpose across the province. The department is also expected to reach out to people and deliver information regarding the negative effects of plastic usage.<\/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>The minister stated that the next phase of the campaign includes educating the masses about homemade alternatives to plastic bags. He further said that the government would offer locally produced jute bags under the Zero Plastic initiative.<\/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=\" (opens in a new tab)\">CCB to impose plastic-bag ban this month<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The provincial government will first implement a ban on plastic bags in Quetta city and later, extend it to other cities and districts. Besides, the selling of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/climate-ministry-reports-90-drop-single-use-plastic-bags.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"plastic bags (opens in a new tab)\">plastic bags<\/a> will be banned and violators fined on the spot under the laws of the Balochistan Environment Protection Agency (EPA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Balochistan Minister for Environment, Livestock and Dairy Development Mitha Khan Kakar on Wednesday revealed that the provincial government had formulated a three-tier campaign to ban plastic use in Quetta under the government&#8217;s &#8216;Plastic Free Pakistan&#8217; initiative, a news source reported. Read: Climate change ministry to make flower pots, bins out of plastic bags Reportedly, the Balochistan environment department has already carried out all the necessary preparations for the plastic ban campaign. Minister Kakar said that the department would distribute eco-friendly bags among people to counter the threat of plastic bags and commence an awareness campaign for the purpose across the province. The department is also expected to reach out to people and deliver information regarding the negative effects of plastic usage. Read: Transgenders to prepare fabric bags to substitute plastic bags in Swat The minister stated that the next phase of the campaign includes educating the masses about homemade alternatives to plastic bags. He further said that the government would offer locally produced jute bags under the Zero Plastic initiative. Read: CCB to impose plastic-bag ban this month The provincial government will first implement a ban on plastic bags in Quetta city and later, extend it to other cities&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":62334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15181,15020],"tags":[22033,22034,22035],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-62333","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"category-social-developments","9":"tag-ban-plastic-use","10":"tag-plastic-free-pakistan","11":"tag-zero-plastic-initiative","12":"cat-15181-id","13":"cat-15020-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Balochistan prepares three-tier campaign to ban plastic - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: Balochistan Minister for Environment, Livestock and Dairy Development Mitha Khan Kakar on Wednesday revealed that the provincial government\" \/>\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\/balochistan-prepares-three-tier-campaign-ban-plastic-use.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Balochistan prepares three-tier campaign to ban plastic - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: Balochistan Minister for Environment, Livestock and Dairy Development Mitha Khan Kakar on Wednesday revealed that the provincial government\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/balochistan-prepares-three-tier-campaign-ban-plastic-use.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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