Plastic bags are offered to be replaced with paper and cloth bags in Tajikistan

Beijing. Jul 18. Silkroadnews - To protect and preserve the environment in Tajikistan, representatives of environmental authorities propose to refuse using plastic bags in everyday life, the Tajik Telegraph Agency (TajikTA) informs on Wednesday.
Plastic pollution turned to be a pressing issue Tajikistan run into, thus, the Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan proposes start realizing measures to refuse using disposable plastic bags, the head of the waste and land department of the Committee for Environmental Protection Maksatullo Mardonov said.
The stations for plastic garbage processing are being opened across the country, which is good, Mardonov said and added, now the government has been offered another alternative to replace plastic bags with bags made of paper and cloth.