Use of plastic bags banned in Hunza

[Ali Tariq]

A Correspondent | Updated April 16, 2019

The decision is taken in light of implications of plastic bags usage on environmental and human health. — AFP/File

GILGIT: The use of plastic shopping bags has been banned in Hunza in order to prevent environmental degradation.

According to a notice issued by Hunza district administration on Monday, Gilgit-Baltistan Environmental Protection Agency (GBEPA) and Hunza district administration decided to impose ban on use of plastic bags in the district.

The decision was taken in light of implications of plastic bags usage on environmental and human health, it said.

The notice warned shopkeepers and people dealing in plastic bags to end already existing stock of such bags till April 20, as after the date, manufacture, sale, purchase and their usage would be considered a crime, the notice said.

The district administration advised people and businesses community to use bags made from paper and clothing.

Meanwhile, the district administration has also started an awareness campaign in this regard by displaying notices at various points with the messages ‘say no to plastic bags, avoid use of plastic bags to save future coming generations’.

Meanwhile, GB chief secretary Mohammad Khurram Agha inaugurated Kharfaq Irrigation and Land Development (ILD) Project in Ganche district on Monday.

 

[Moonlight]

Thank you GBEPA thank you so much.

 

[Yaseen1]

new type of plastic bags which disintegrate automatically after few months should be used

 

[Wa Muhammada]

new type of plastic bags which disintegrate automatically after few months should be used

Are they not expensive?

IK govt should do what they’v done in UK...5p for a bag...either that or ppl start bringing strong cloth bags to shopping - that’s the only to save the environment imo

Great initiative by Hunza administration

 

[Yaseen1]

i have bought such bags in Islamabad shopping bag shop and they are very cheap and easily affordable,first I considered them as ordinary shopping bag as shopkeeper not told me about them but after few days i found them disintegrating on their own

Are they not expensive?

IK govt should do what they’v done in UK...5p for a bag...either that or ppl start bringing strong cloth bags to shopping - that’s the only to save the environment imo

Great initiative by Hunza administration

 

[Clutch]

new type of plastic bags which disintegrate automatically after few months should be used

You are talking about biodegradable bags. They are pricy but I still think a better idea than plastic bags.