Islamabad: Pakistan’s northern Gilgit-Baltistan region, which is home to lofty mountain ranges and glaciers, is all set to become plastic free zone. The Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) government has announced the ban on the “use, purchase, export and import” of plastic starting January 2023. The local government decided to ban plastic in an effort to make the region waste-free and promote sustainable tourism in the region that attracts more than half a million tourists a year. Students participate in an awareness walk in Hunza district of Gilgit-Baltistan region against use of plastic bags. In 2020, one baling and compressing packaging waste machine was installed in the Hunza district under the Clean Hunza Project.

Source: Ethiopian News December 14, 2022 16:26 UTC