DoE seizes illegal polythene bags in capital
The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday in a drive seized around 13,000kg of polythene bags and plastics beads and machineries from a factory in Hosni Dalan area of Chawkbazar in the capital.
When the mobile team of the DoE reached the factory named Zannati Super Packaging, all staff of the factory fled the scene.
Later, the mobile team also seized four blower machines, two cutting machines and more than 8,575kg of plastic beads to be used for producing the illegal polybags.
Mustafizur Rahman, deputy director of DoE, said the team sealed the factory and issued a notice asking the factory owner to be present at the DoE office in Dhaka today.
According the section VI (a) of Bangladesh Environment Conservation Law (amendment 2010), it is illegal to produce, use and market polybags thinner than 55 micron for packaging purpose.
But, some factories, mainly located in the old part of the capital, have been producing and selling polybags without permissions from the Department of Environment (DoE), said a DoE press release.
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