A campaign against factories producing polythene and polypropylene will begin next Sunday (November 3).
On Friday (November 1) morning, Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Tapan Kumar Biswas, said this during a campaign at the capital's Mohammadpur Krishi Market to stop the use of banned polythene shopping bags.
He said that a campaign and mobile court will be conducted against producers nationwide to stop polythene.
Earlier, at around 10 am, 7 to 8 members of the Monitoring Committee of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change led by Tapan Kumar Biswas conducted a campaign at the Mohammadpur Krishi Market.
At this time, the general public coming to the market was requested to use jute and cloth bags instead of polythene. At the same time, shopkeepers were instructed to stop using polythene bags and strict action will be taken if polythene bags are found in the next campaign, he said.
Earlier, measures were taken to stop the use of polythene and polypropylene bags in supermarkets from November 1. Most supermarkets are now using jute, paper and cloth bags instead of polythene. Products are being given to customers in those bags.
On September 24, Syeda Rizwana Hasan, advisor to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, said that from November 1, all types of polythene bags will be banned and no customer will be given these bags. In addition, raids will be conducted in raw markets and polythene manufacturing factories as part of the polythene bag ban campaign. The use of polythene has been banned by law since 2002.