Nepal plastic bag ban failure: With the public unaware of costs, govt and businesses don’t have good intentions

It has already been three times that the federal government has announced a complete ban on the production, import, sale, distribution, and use of plastic bags thinner than 40 microns to reduce environmental pollution from plastic products. The latest announcement was made in the annual budget speech for this year. It was said to come into effect from July 16, this year.

Like the previous two announcements , this third announcement has also been limited to the papers only till now. Consequently, the amount of non-biodegradable waste is piling on and on around landfills, roads, rivers, and everywhere.