Pakistan expands ban on plastic bags as inspectors are caught in shop spat

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Punjab joins regions where polythene bags are illegal and stiff fines take effect in Islamabad amid demands for alternatives

Punjab has become the latest region in Pakistan to ban plastic bags, as the country battles to reduce single-use plastics that are damaging the environment.

 

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I have to beg straws at McDonald's and they threw garbage like that. There should be limits to the white guilt.

Plastic is the real threat to World

Whatever happened to recycling plastic instead of throwing it in waterways and landfills⁉️

UK needs to ban plastic bags too

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