The Department of Environment (DoE) seizes 746kgs of polythene during crackdown on factories producing banned polythene shopping bags on Sunday. Photo: Courtesy
A total of 26 businesses were fined Tk 180,500 and 746kgs of polythene were seized on Sunday, during the first-day drives on illegal polythene factories, according to the environment ministry.
Besides, the Department of Environment (DoE) conducted a raid at a factory in Kamrangirchar area of the capital on Sunday and disconnected utility connections, including gas, electricity, and water at one factory for producing polythene.
Some thirteen mobile courts operated nationwide, targeting illegal storage and marketing of banned polythene, the release of the ministry said.
Earlier, the environment adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan announced the government’s strong stance to implement the polythene bag ban with strict monitoring from November.
Following the announcement, the DoE conducted a crackdown on factories producing banned polythene shopping bags, according to a press release.
Additionally, at a meeting with environmental organisations at the Bangladesh Secretariat, the Environment Advisor announced that actions would also be taken soon against illegal battery-breaking and lead-smelting factories.
She emphasized that the government is taking progressive steps to curb all forms of pollution to protect nature, the release read.
