Plastic producers urged to help manage waste
National
February 22, 2021
Islamabad: The prime minister’s special assistant on climate change, Malik Amin Aslam, has pushed plastic producers for helping manage the menace of plastic waste in a sustainable manner to protect environment and public health.
Addressing a high-level National Consultative Policy Dialogue on Plastic Waste Management here on Sunday, the premier’s aide said the government was committed to tackling the growing environmental menace of plastic waste and had taken several policy and legal measures for the purpose under Prime Minister Imran Khan’s vision for Clean Green Pakistan and sustainable consumption and production initiatives for achieving environmentally-sound sustainable development.
Plastic producers urged to manage waste
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February 22, 2021
ISLAMABAD:
The Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam has called upon the plastic producers to manage the menace of plastic waste in a sustainable manner, which is creating a havoc for the environment and public health.
Organised jointly by the Ministry of Climate Change (MoCC) and the Pakistan Collect and Recycle (CoRe) Alliance, the day-long event aimed to discuss at length and frame responses to shared challenge of packaging waste and collection mechanism, drive performance improvements and, ultimately, strengthen collective action for sustainable collection and disposal of plastic waste in a scientific and environment-friendly way.