{"id":12071,"date":"2019-08-07T14:19:44","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T14:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citybook.pk\/?p=12071"},"modified":"2022-11-09T19:52:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T19:52:00","slug":"no-to-polythene-bags-in-islamabad-from-independence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citybook.pk\/blog\/no-to-polythene-bags-in-islamabad-from-independence-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Say No to polythene bags in Islamabad from Independence day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Use of polythene bags is very common everywhere in the world. The reason is they are easy to carry for purchasing the groceries. No one can deny the fact that its consequences are worse for the environment. Plastic bags are hard to recycle. They don\u2019t degrade; in fact they split into small particles which went to our seas, oceans, streams, and lakes.  Birds\u2019 animals and marine life are greatly affected by the use of polythene bags. When these animals search for food in oceans and lakes, they consume the plastic too.  What happens when they consume it? They get infections that sometimes lead to their death. On the other hand, animals also get entangled in plastic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plastic bags\nare considered to be a serious issue for human\u2019s life too. There are certain\nchemicals present in polythene bags which can damage the normal functioning\nhormones of the human body. Globally cities of China, India, and Bangladesh\nhave banned the use of polythene bags. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pakistan\u2019s\ngovernment has taken several steps to limit the use of plastic bags. In few\ncities of Pakistan use of polythene bags is already banned by the government.\nSeveral campaigns have been also started to create awareness about the bad\nimpacts of the use of plastics on the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Zartaj<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Islamabad is going to be plastic-free <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the\nprocess of prohibiting the use of polythene bags in Pakistan, Minister of\nclimate change Zartaj gull addresses a press conference and said that the use\nof plastic is going to be made illegal in Islamabad by this Independence day.\nMinister of climate state also addressed in the conference that if anyone in\nthe city doesn\u2019t follow the order, heavy fine will be imposed on them. During\nher conference, Ms. Gul asked to use fabric, cloth or Jute bags. There is a\nserious need to address the issue of environment protection from plastic. Ms\nGul also said that this was the only choice to make illegal the use of\nplastics. The reason is plastics are the main cause of obstruction in streams,\ndrains, and sewerage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To address\nthe problem a campaign would begin from F9 Park of the capital with the help of\ntechnology times and National Cleaner\nProduction Center<\/a>. The plan is to make Islamabad plastic-free city would\nstart from the parliament building on 14 of August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Campaign<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ban of polythene bags in northern areas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In late\nApril, this year use of plastics was completely banned in the Hunza valley. The\ndecision was taken by the provisional government to put an end to the purchase\nof polythene bags. Now it is illegal to import or export polythene in the\nregion or to be used by the shoppers of that area. This was a great initiative to\nreduce the plastic waste causing pollution in the area. Prime minister\u2019s\nadvisor on the climate said on the occasion \u201c Hunza is the first-ever district\nof Pakistan where there is a complete ban on the use of polythene bags. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read More:\nTourism\nIn Pakistan And Its Impact On The Environment<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some final thoughts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Use of polythene bags has become a serious matter for the country like Pakistan. It has been reported that Pakistanis use 55 billion polythene shopping bags every year<\/a>. Such a huge volume is a serious threat to the environment of Pakistan. Although it will affect the people\u2019s job who are involved in plastic production, cloth bag production can restore jobs for them. The initiative is also supported by many but there are still some challenges. Marketers now don\u2019t sell these bags openly but there are still some who are producing and using them in Hunza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the United Nations Pakistan would be the 128th<\/sup> country to ban plastic. There are already 127 countries that have implemented policies to limit the use of polythene. The process is a bit slow to vanish the country from plastics.  Perhaps it will take time to phase out the plastic as this is a huge task. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are\nyour opinions on the steps taken by Pakistan\u2019s government? Do share your\nthoughts in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Use of polythene bags is very common everywhere in the world. The reason is they are easy to carry for purchasing the groceries. No one can deny the fact that its consequences are worse for the environment. Plastic bags are hard to recycle. They don\u2019t degrade; in fact they split into small particles which went […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[112],"tags":[359,337,360,361,362,363,364,365,366],"class_list":["post-12071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-peoples","tag-14-august","tag-environment","tag-hunza","tag-independence-day","tag-islamabad","tag-marketers","tag-northern-areas","tag-plastic-bags","tag-use-of-polythene"],"next":{"id":12186,"slug":"6-eating-habits-that-can-help-you-live-longer"},"previous":{"id":11885,"slug":"india-dismissed-the-special-status-of-kashmir"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citybook.pk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citybook.pk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citybook.pk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citybook.pk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citybook.pk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12071"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/citybook.pk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49201,"href":"https:\/\/citybook.pk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12071\/revisions\/49201"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citybook.pk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citybook.pk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citybook.pk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citybook.pk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}