plastic products

Plastic tableware, kitchenware to be pricier

The government has doubled the rate of value-added tax on plastic tableware

Ban single-use plastics

The High Court yesterday directed the authorities concerned to ban single-use plastic products in coastal areas, hotels, motels and restaurants across the country in one year as they are health and environmental hazards.

OPEN SKY / Threats to a plastic society

While any garbage is usually dissolved in the soil, nature fails to do so for plastic products, which remain indestructible for decades or even centuries. Burning plastic products is not a good solution either.

June 2, 2025
June 2, 2025

Plastic tableware, kitchenware to be pricier

The government has doubled the rate of value-added tax on plastic tableware

January 7, 2020
January 7, 2020

Ban single-use plastics

The High Court yesterday directed the authorities concerned to ban single-use plastic products in coastal areas, hotels, motels and restaurants across the country in one year as they are health and environmental hazards.

August 25, 2015
August 25, 2015

Threats to a plastic society

While any garbage is usually dissolved in the soil, nature fails to do so for plastic products, which remain indestructible for decades or even centuries. Burning plastic products is not a good solution either.