The government has taken several decisions to make the Bangladesh Secretariat free from single-use plastics from October 2 under a pilot initiative.
the decision would be implemented by putting in place a strict checking system at all the secretariat entrances to prevent the entry of identified single-use plastic items, said a recent press release from the environment, forest and climate change ministry.
each ministry will appoint a focal person and form a monitoring committee, while the ministries and departments located outside the secretariat premises will also implement the decision. If this pilot program succeeds, it will serve as a model to scale across the country, as per the release.
the government’s first initiative in this regard came in August last year just after the interim government’s takeover when single-use plastic bottles were banned on the Chief Adviser’s Office premises.