NSTworld: “The government has also been directed to make all coastal areas free of polythene bags and single-use plastic items within the same period,”
Pollution from single-use plastics is a major problem in Bangladesh, where nearly 170 million people live in a tiny sliver of low-lying land criss-crossed by hundreds of rivers and tributaries.
“The high court has directed the government to prohibit the use of single-use plastic items in hotels, motels and restaurants throughout Bangladesh within a year,” said Rizwana Hasan, a top environmental lawyer who moved the public interest litigation through the court.
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