Clean up activity at Pir Sohawa Road
Islamabad
March 5, 2021
Islamabad: Volunteers including men, women and children collected 120 large bags of garbage and trash from three viewpoints of Margallah Hills on Thursday.
The spring cleanup activity at Pirsohawa Road was organised under the Prime Minister’s campaign of ‘Clean and Green Pakistan’ by the SMEC Oil & Gas in collaboration with Islamabad Wildlife Management Board (IWMB).
The Margallah Hills National Park is the hallmark of Islamabad s beauty. There are many viewpoints established on the Pirsohawa Road from where one can witness breathtaking views of twin cities. Unfortunately, due to apathy of visitors the viewpoints have become littering grounds. People bring plastic bags full of consumables and leave behind plastic shoppers, food, drink containers, bottles and other non-biodegradable materials.
ISLAMABAD: Having spearheaded public awareness campaign regarding ban on polythene bags and its harmful environmental impacts, Minister of State Zartaj Gul Wazir on Tuesday warned citizens to shun manufacturing, selling and using polythene bags or face huge fines and confiscations.
“Experiences have shown that the use of polythene bags has already played havoc with environment, natural ecosystems and public health. We no longer afford and tolerate manufacturing, sale, import and use of the environmental nuisance anymore,” she said while talking to media after sending off polythene bags ban enforcement teams to various business centres of the capital city.
She said those who did not shun the use of polythene bags despite sufficient availability of alternative bags at affordable prices were actually foes of the people and environment.
Minister promises plastic bag ban violators won’t be spared
Islamabad
March 3, 2021
Islamabad : While leading a campaign for public awareness of the harmful impact of polythene bags on the environment and public health, state minister for climate change Zartaj Gul Wazir on Tuesday warned that the violators of the ban on single-use plastic bags in Islamabad wouldn’t be spared.
“Polythene bags have played havoc with the environment, natural ecosystems, and public health, so we can no longer afford and tolerate the manufacturing, sale, import, and use of the environmental nuisance. Those not shunning their use despite the adequate availability of affordable alternatives on the market are actually foes of the people and environment and we will go after them,” the minister told reporters after sending off the polythene bag ban enforcement teams to various business centres of the capital city.
Plastic producers urged to help manage waste
National
February 22, 2021
Islamabad: The prime minister’s special assistant on climate change, Malik Amin Aslam, has pushed plastic producers for helping manage the menace of plastic waste in a sustainable manner to protect environment and public health.
Addressing a high-level National Consultative Policy Dialogue on Plastic Waste Management here on Sunday, the premier’s aide said the government was committed to tackling the growing environmental menace of plastic waste and had taken several policy and legal measures for the purpose under Prime Minister Imran Khan’s vision for Clean Green Pakistan and sustainable consumption and production initiatives for achieving environmentally-sound sustainable development.