{"id":70141,"date":"2025-04-09T15:16:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T10:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=70141"},"modified":"2025-04-09T15:16:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T10:16:28","slug":"sindh-bans-plastic-bag-usage-across-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/sindh-bans-plastic-bag-usage-across-province\/","title":{"rendered":"Sindh bans plastic bag usage across province"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI: The Sindh government has made a strong move in terms of environmental conservation by implementing a province-wide ban on the production, sale, and use of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/punjab-bans-unregistered-plastic-businesses-from-2025\/\">plastic bags<\/a>, including in Karachi.<\/p>\n<p>No specific date was stated in the most recent notification for when the ban would begin; however, the province has imposed a similar ban previously.<\/p>\n<p>The province published a notification on September 27, 2019, that the ban was to commence officially on October 1, 2019. The ban is primarily focused on tackling pollution, as plastic bags can contribute to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/karachi\/karachi-tops-global-pollution-list\/\">marine pollution<\/a> and stuck sewage systems.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/sindhi-language-chemistry-paper-leaked-in-four-sindh-districts\/\">Sindh Environment Department<\/a> has highlighted that any violations of the polythene bag ban will result in punishment under applicable laws, with the initiation of legal action against offenders, including potential arrest and punishment.<\/p>\n<p>The ban is intended to maintain a cleaner and more sustainable environment, consistent with the government&#8217;s mandate to protect the environment. In addition, the ban is consistent with the Sindh Environment Protection Act, 2014, which provides a ban on the manufacture, sale, and use of all non-biodegradable plastic products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI: The Sindh government has made a strong move in terms of environmental conservation by implementing a province-wide ban on the production, sale, and use of plastic bags, including in Karachi. No specific date was stated in the most recent notification for when the ban would begin; however, the province has imposed a similar ban [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":47009,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[15319,27670,27669],"class_list":["post-70141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-ban-on-plastic-bags","tag-sindh-bans-plastic","tag-sindh-environment-department"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70141","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=70141"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70144,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70141\/revisions\/70144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}