INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
global initiative.International Plastic Bag Free Day aims to eliminate the use of plastic bags which may seem like a grocery shopping
convenience, but they are also a huge strain on the environment
It can take up to 500 years for plastic bags to disintegrate, so they make up a large portion of what stays in our landfills and pollutes
Adel Khazaei, a municipal official as saying.In Iran, plastic bags have the highest share of the total 4 million plastic waste generated
annually.In Iran, plastic bags have the highest share of the total 4 million plastic waste generated annually, so that, it is time to say no
to plastic bags.Plastic bags constitute half a million tons of the whole plastic waste produced in the country annually
Every Iranian consumes an average of three plastic bags a day, 96 percent of which go directly into the trash bin.According to the World
Population Review 2021, Iran is ranked 17th in the production of plastic waste.The report also claims that approximately 500 billion plastic
bags are used worldwide, and plastic pollution is a global catastrophe caused by humans.Payam Joharchi, head waste management office at the
Department of Environment, announced in July 2020 that a bill to reduce the consumption of plastic bags, which is mentioned in 6 articles,
has been prepared, focusing on incentive issues such as tax exemptions and aiming to reduce the production of plastic bags by 20 percent
annually.It also takes steps toward the production of renewable bags, given the importance of the issue of employment, it is planned to
happen in six years.Hossein Abiri Golpayegani, an environmental activist, also said that in order to reduce the consumption of plastic bags,
it is necessary to implement deterrent policies such as increasing the price of plastic bags and making these items less available to the
