The Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board (RSPCB) will soon install cloth bag vending machines under a pilot project in some areas of the state to provide viable alternate to polythene bags The ...

After a routine shopping trip to the superstore, Abul Bashar received his frozen goods in what seemed like an ordinary fabric bag, but in reality, it was made of polypropylene—a type of plastic.

KARACHI, July 16: The government’s much-publicised campaign to phase out polythene bags, which pose a constant threat to the city’s environment and civic infrastructure, appears likely to come to a ...