Despite getting banned in 2002, polythene has managed to stick around in the Bangladeshi markets as producers, wholesalers, suppliers, and consumers all continue to use polythene bags indiscriminately ...

The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday dismantled an unauthorised polythene carry bag manufacturing unit at Bhagawanpur. The illegal unit may be sealed BHUBANESWAR: The Bhubaneswar ...

Despite regular drives conducted by the Department of Environment (DoE), the manufacturing and the use of environmentally hazardous polythene bags are still rampant in the premier port city. On August ...

Polythene shopping bags are slowly making a comeback in the market despite the government ban on its production, marketing and use. Manufacturers of polythene bags are making profits again as ...

It is a matter with the attitudes of people. If they willingly adjust to consuming biodegradable products, this ban becomes necessarily meaningful. The Chairman of the Central Environment Authority ...

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is ...

Three months have passed after the ban on thin polythene, making March 31 the final day for the public to use thin polythene, but with thicker polythene replacing the thin variety no proper ...

The Central Environment Authority (CEA) will from next month systematically begin raiding the manufacturers and sellers that do not comply with the ban on polythene less than 20 microns in thickness. ...