Over 4,000kg polythene seized, 47 firms fined
The DoE conducted a crackdown on factories producing banned polythene shopping bags on 3 Nov. Photo: Courtesy
The Department of Environment has seized 4,044 kilograms of banned polythene and fined 47 firms by conducting 15 mobile courts throughout the country.
A total of Tk189,900 in fines were imposed on the firms, said a press release of the Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ministry on Tuesday.
The mobile court operations were conducted to check the production, sale, supply, and marketing of banned polythene.
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The Department of Environment will continue such anti-pollution drives.
The government has been enforcing a ban on the use and production of polythene and polypropylene bags in supermarkets since 1 October and in all markets since 1 November.
