During a meeting at the United Nations about the environment, Pakistan shared its plan to create cities with no plastic waste along the Indus River. This move aims to deal with the big issue of plastic pollution that affects many areas.
Pakistan’s representative at the UN, Munir Akram, explained this plan to the international community during the meeting. He talked about how important it is as part of the broader ‘Living Indus Initiative,’ which focuses on tackling the problem of plastic waste in cities.
This announcement was made at the UN headquarters as part of the International Day of Zero Waste. As per the plan, these zero plastic waste cities will be set up in important cities along the Indus Basin, such as Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Hyderabad, Multan, Islamabad, Peshawar, and Quetta.
Mr. Akram highlighted the huge amount of waste produced in Pakistan every year. He said the country makes around 30 million tonnes of municipal solid waste yearly, and about 10 to 14 percent of it is harmful. Besides, Pakistan receives about 80,000 tonnes of harmful waste from different parts of the world annually.
