
Strict Monitoring and enforcement on polythene Shopping Bags Begins November 1
Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Advisor to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, has announced that strict monitoring to end the use of polythene shopping bags will commence from November 1. Additionally, actions will be taken against polythene shopping bag manufacturers. She clarified that only plastic shopping bags are being targeted, and legal actions will be enforced against any supermarket providing them.
The announcement came during a special meeting held at the Ministry of Textiles and Jute in Bangladesh Secretariat, where the advisor was the chief guest. The meeting discussed the implementation of the 2010 Mandatory Jute Packaging Act and encouraged the public to use jute bags as an alternative to plastic.
Advisor Syeda Rizwana Hasan emphasized that if people stop usin...