{"id":38324,"date":"2024-06-03T11:03:18","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T06:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=38324"},"modified":"2024-06-03T11:03:18","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T06:03:18","slug":"complete-ban-on-plastic-bags-to-be-enforced-from-june-5-in-punjab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/complete-ban-on-plastic-bags-to-be-enforced-from-june-5-in-punjab\/","title":{"rendered":"Complete ban on plastic bags to be enforced from June 5 in Punjab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RAWALPINDI:\u00a0The administration on the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/kp-govt-imposes-ban-on-carrying-gas-in-plastic-bags\/\">Punjab government&#8217;s<\/a> directives would enforce a complete ban on plastic bags from June 5.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to a Commissioner Office spokesman, Commissioner Rawalpindi Division, Engineer Aamir Khattak had directed the relevant authorities to make all-out efforts to provide relief to the citizens.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\u201cThe administration&#8217;s priority is to promote economic activities by providing a favorable environment to the business community,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>The Commissioner also directed the Assistant Commissioners to visit all the markets and inform the people about the ban on the use of plastic bags.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>All possible efforts would be made to spread awareness about the ban.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Engineer Aamir Khattak had also directed the relevant authorities to accelerate an ongoing awareness campaign against the use of plastic bags, the spokesman said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Commissioner instructed the relevant officers to conduct an awareness campaign against plastic bags so that the citizens realizing its harmful effects abandon the use of plastic bags themselves.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\u201cThe use of plastic is dangerous for human health,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0\u201cAlong with preventing everything that causes pollution, awareness should be created among people regarding green energy preservation,\u201d he added.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Commissioner had directed the relevant authorities to encourage roof guarding among the citizens.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cTo reduce the severity of the increasing effects of the current global warming, the importance of the plantation has increased more than ever,\u201d he added.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>From June 5, hotels, restaurants, and other food establishments will be prohibited from serving food in plastic bags. Instead, cotton bags or other environmentally friendly alternatives will be promoted.<\/p>\n<p>Themed \u2018Plastic vs. Earth\u2019, this year\u2019s Earth Day campaign sought to tackle plastic pollution. In alignment with the Punjab government regulations, a comprehensive ban was imposed earlier this year on the sale of plastic bags less than 75 microns and many other plastic items, including disposables and multi-layer packaging plastic products listed in Schedules 1 and 2 of the Punjab Single-Use Plastic Products Regulation 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAWALPINDI:\u00a0The administration on the Punjab government&#8217;s directives would enforce a complete ban on plastic bags from June 5. According to a Commissioner Office spokesman, Commissioner Rawalpindi Division, Engineer Aamir Khattak had directed the relevant authorities to make all-out efforts to provide relief to the citizens. \u201cThe administration&#8217;s priority is to promote economic activities by providing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":38325,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[15319,15320,17966,17967],"class_list":["post-38324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-ban-on-plastic-bags","tag-ban-on-plastic-bags-in-punjab","tag-complete-ban-on-plastic-bags","tag-complete-ban-on-plastic-bags-to-be-enforced-from-june-5-in-punjab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}