After a routine shopping trip to the superstore, Abul Bashar received his frozen goods in what seemed like an ordinary fabric bag, but in reality, it was made of polypropylene—a type of plastic.

POLYTHENE bags are such an essential part of life that no government ban or public awareness campaign has so far hurt their popularity. From disposing garbage to delivering food, single-use plastics ...

To curb polythene use, a nationwide operation against manufacturers will begin on Sunday by mobile courts, said Tapan Kumar Biswas, additional secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and ...

Although Bangladesh became the first country in the world to announce a complete ban on the use of polythene bags in 2002, strict enforcement of the much-lauded initiative has only started taking ...

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal gave the public quite the surprise when he proposed to withdraw the existing 5 percent supplementary duty on all types of polythene bags, plastic bags (including ...

In a week, the government is set to impose a complete ban on polyethylene or polypropylene-based materials like shopping bags in supermarkets. The ban will be extended to traditional markets from ...

The government is planning to launch mobile court drives across Bangladesh on Sunday in a bid to crack down on polythene manufacturers. Tapan Kumar Biswas, additional secretary of the Ministry of ...

Green activists claim this could push the makers of single-use carriers into exploring other options. Lizzie Carr, founder of Planet Patrol, said: "As the price of oil continues to increase, plastic - ...

YORK, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--C-P Flexible Packaging (C-P) announces the expansion of its pre-made polyethylene bag manufacturing operations with the purchase of three new state-of-the-art converting ...