{"id":70687,"date":"2020-09-20T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-20T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=70687"},"modified":"2020-09-18T17:24:09","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T12:24:09","slug":"lhc-epa-plastic-bag-ban-plastic-bg-punjab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lhc-epa-plastic-bag-ban-plastic-bg-punjab.html","title":{"rendered":"LHC directs EPA to enforce plastic bag ban all over Punjab"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has directed the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) to enforce the ban on the use of plastic bags all over Punjab, according to a news reported published on Friday (September 18). This ruling extends to the manufacturing, use, and distribution of polythene bags in the places where it is applicable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ban-on-plastic-bags-extends-to-more-cities-in-punjab.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ban on plastic bags usage extends to more cities in Punjab<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, this ban is only applicable for the Lahore, Gujranwala, and Faisalabad districts. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/lhc-imposes-bag-plastic-bags-usage-lahores-shopping-malls.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LHC <\/a>Justice Shahid Karim was presiding over a hearing of a public interest petition in this regard. During the course of proceedings, the petitioner\u2019s counsel raised this concern; stating that other districts of Punjab were currently using environmentally hazardous plastic bags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ban-on-plastic-bags-intended-to-make-country-greener-zartaj.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ban on plastic bags intended to make country greener: Zartaj<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, the judge instructed the EPA to extend this ban across the province and to give 10 days to shopping malls and large stores to comply with these orders. A law officer had also filed a report about the existing ban in three districts, with details regarding any action taken against violators. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has directed the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) to enforce the ban on the use of plastic bags all over Punjab, according to a news reported published on Friday (September 18). This ruling extends to the manufacturing, use, and distribution of polythene bags in the places where it is applicable. Read: Ban on plastic bags usage extends to more cities in Punjab Currently, this ban is only applicable for the Lahore, Gujranwala, and Faisalabad districts. LHC Justice Shahid Karim was presiding over a hearing of a public interest petition in this regard. During the course of proceedings, the petitioner\u2019s counsel raised this concern; stating that other districts of Punjab were currently using environmentally hazardous plastic bags. Read: Ban on plastic bags intended to make country greener: Zartaj In response, the judge instructed the EPA to extend this ban across the province and to give 10 days to shopping malls and large stores to comply with these orders. A law officer had also filed a report about the existing ban in three districts, with details regarding any action taken against violators. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":60653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15181],"tags":[5969,5055,768],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-70687","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-epa","9":"tag-lhc","10":"tag-plastic-bags","11":"cat-15181-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>LHC directs EPA to enforce plastic bag ban all over Punjab - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The LHC has ordered the EPA to enforce the ban on plastic bags across Punjab. 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