German Embassy hands out reusable bags in Islamabad after ban on plastic bags

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1164104099811532801

https://twitter.com/x/status/1163785591110217730

Plastic bags are a f#cking curse, I am in Pakistan right now and everytime I buy something the proprietor immediately tries to put the things in a plastic bag and I immediately say NO, the reaction is one of disbelief that I don't want a plastic bag. I tell them that it is disastrous to the environment and they are clearly clueless and say oh they have banned them in Islamabad.

Waste in general is a problem in Pakistan I was at babusar top and it upset me that quom has reached that location and it has started polluting it like it pollutes rest of the country. Garbage everywhere. I worry that northern areas will become a rubbish dump too!

 

[Mutakalim]

Great effort by German embassy.

 

[graphican]

*clap*
An economical way to win the heart of people, and making their flag visible on the streets for a very long time. Germany has done well.

 

[Clutch]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1164104099811532801

https://twitter.com/x/status/1163785591110217730

Plastic bags are a f#cking curse, I am in Pakistan right now and everytime I buy something the proprietor immediately tries to put the things in a plastic bag and I immediately say NO, the reaction is one of disbelief that I don't want a plastic bag. I tell them that it is disastrous to the environment and they are clearly clueless and say oh they have banned them in Islamabad.

Waste in general is a problem in Pakistan I was at babusar top and it upset me that quom has reached that location and it has started polluting it like it pollutes rest of the country. Garbage everywhere. I worry that northern areas will become a rubbish dump too!

Good for you. If each one of us does their small bit at informing the general population it will go a long way in bringing about change in societal norms.

 

[IbnAbdullah]

Salaam

https://twitter.com/x/status/1164104099811532801

https://twitter.com/x/status/1163785591110217730

Plastic bags are a f#cking curse, I am in Pakistan right now and everytime I buy something the proprietor immediately tries to put the things in a plastic bag and I immediately say NO, the reaction is one of disbelief that I don't want a plastic bag. I tell them that it is disastrous to the environment and they are clearly clueless and say oh they have banned them in Islamabad.

Waste in general is a problem in Pakistan I was at babusar top and it upset me that quom has reached that location and it has started polluting it like it pollutes rest of the country. Garbage everywhere. I worry that northern areas will become a rubbish dump too!

Babusar top? Go to Deosai and be positively mortified at the sight of plastic everywhere around the camping areas. A year or two ago a bunch of Japanese tourists came there to clean up the place the Pakistanis were destroying by littering.

I hope plastic bags and plastic bottles are banned - especially in the north. It is indeed a curse.

 

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Salaam



Babusar top? Go to Deosai and be positively mortified at the sight of plastic everywhere around the camping areas. A year or two ago a bunch of Japanese tourists came there to clean up the place the Pakistanis were destroying by littering.

I hope plastic bags and plastic bottles are banned - especially in the north. It is indeed a curse.

I saw rubbish starting to pile up at the border in Kashgar because the qoum loves littering. But there is NOTHING in place to curb the litter either! Frankly the quom doesn't deserve such Nature.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Great gesture by germany

 

[Dubious]

I saw rubbish starting to pile up at the border in Kashgar because the qoum loves littering. But there is NOTHING in place to curb the litter either! Frankly the quom doesn't deserve such Nature.

maybe we should line the border with rubbish....probably cheaper way to keep unwanted guests

 

[krash]

I saw rubbish starting to pile up at the border in Kashgar because the qoum loves littering. But there is NOTHING in place to curb the litter either! Frankly the quom doesn't deserve such Nature.

Hence the reason why I'm not a big fan of this moronic, ill-thought, unplanned push towards "Tourism". The funny bit is that its all because of these "adventurers" from outside of the North. Those livestock herders is Gilgit Baltistan have exponentially more environmental sense.


ps: Kashgar?

 

[Deltadart]

The countries to emulate as far as keeping things clean and tidy are japan, Germany and Singapore......

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1164210268907479040

 

[Psychic]

In Pakistan, litter is literally everywhere.

Hilaly said in his program that we must whip the people who litter - on the spot.
Nothing short of that is going to stop these uncultured swines, who are unfortunately the bulk of our population.

The whole country looks like a gaint open air dust-bin. People have not spared the most beautiful places of the world like Saif-ul-Malook.

 

[TheNoob]

This german ambassador is a wholesome guy lol

 

[fisher1]

That's not the full story though.

What is conveniently missed is that there are no places to actually put the liter down, what else will people do than throw it wherever convenient?

The sanitation departments that are supposed to take care of garbage, you know their method of taking care of garbage? Throw it in a landfill in the middle of the city instead of incinerating it safely and reusing it.

I love how all the blame is put on public and the government is steered clear.

I have been to army containment areas and they're clean? Why? Because there's garbage boxes everywhere, the janitors come on time and do cleanup. Just a few footsteps from army containment and there is a pile of garbage.

The sole blame goes to the government because they've the responsibility and tools to clean the environment.

 

[Taimoor Khan]

This city which needs to get rid of plastic most is Karachi. Its clogging up its drainage system and destroying its marine life.