Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal gave the public quite the surprise when he proposed to withdraw the existing 5 percent supplementary duty on all types of polythene bags, plastic bags (including ...

With the EU set to approve an historic deal to cut plastic bag use, Anthony Brimelow, commercial director of polythene manufacturer Duo UK, takes a look at how technology is helping to 'green' a ...

An ecologist, Mrs Nnenna Didigu, says hot foods packaged in polythene bags are harmful to human health because they are usually contaminated with the chemicals used in producing the bags. Didigu, the ...

Despite getting banned in 2002, polythene has managed to stick around in the Bangladeshi markets as producers, wholesalers, suppliers, and consumers all continue to use polythene bags indiscriminately ...

KOFI ESSEL, head of the food inspectorate division of the Food & Drugs Board (FDB), has advised pregnant women, nursing mothers and the aged, especially people whose immune system is impaired, to stop ...

Cottage industries of Sri Lanka will need time to catch up with demand for shopping bags made of natural materials when the ban on polythene bags and polystyrene containers becomes effective in ...

After waiting for more than eight years, President Museveni has ordered that section 2 of the 2009 Finance Act that prohibits the importation, local manufacture, sale or use of plastic bags or bags of ...

As Bangladesh declares the date of the upcoming parliamentary elections, the country's politicians, policymakers, and citizens are gearing up to shape the country's future. The candidates being ...

Cromwell Polythene says it has invested in new machinery and upgraded existing equipment at its Alfreton site to increase its capacity for film extrusion and bag making. Leeds-based Cromwell says it ...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC) has warned that polythene bags popularly known as nylon causes cancer. It appealed to Nigerians to stop using the materials for ...