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Little done to stop polythene bag use despite ban [1]

Continuing manufacture of polythene bags along with lax law enforcement is blamed by environmentalists for the increased use of non-biodegradable polythene bags.

Save the Environment Movement president Abu Naser Khan blamed the government authorities for failing to implement the ban on the bags saying that their enforcement operations were very irregular.

The environment department

Publication Date: 
23/06/2011
Tasnimul Hassan [2]
New Age (Bangladesh) [3]
Tags:
Bangladesh [4], Plastics [5], Hazardous Products [6], Water Pollution [7]
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