Following the declaration of the Bangladesh Secretariat free of single-use plastic (SUP), the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the Department of Information (PID) have been declared free of single-use plastic as well.
Under this initiative, to stop the use of single-use plastic for controlling environmental pollution, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has requested the use of the following proposed alternative products instead of single-use plastic items.
This includes: using files and folders made of paper or other environmentally friendly materials instead of plastic files and folders; using cotton/jute fabric bags instead of plastic bags; using glass bottles and glass glasses instead of plastic water bottles; using banners made of cotton fabric, jute fabric, or biodegradable materials instead of plastic banners; avoiding plastic lamination on invitation cards, visiting cards, and various types of promotional materials; ensuring that food packets supplied at various meetings/seminars are made of paper/environmentally friendly; avoiding all types of single-use plastic plates, glasses, cups, straws, cutlery, etc.; using pencils/paper pens instead of plastic pens; avoiding laminated covers and the use of plastic in all types of publications, including annual reports; and stopping the use of plastic in flower bouquets.
All officers/employees of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the Department of Information have been instructed by order to use the proposed alternative products instead of single-use plastic items.
This declaration of becoming plastic-free was made under the directive of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
