{"id":427387,"date":"2026-03-31T12:55:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=427387"},"modified":"2026-03-31T12:57:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:12:00","slug":"plastic-use-banned-at-energy-ministry-starting-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/03\/31\/427387.html","title":{"rendered":"Plastic use banned at Energy Ministry starting today"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/Energy-Ministry.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-384557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/Energy-Ministry.jpg 680w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/07\/Energy-Ministry-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Kathmandu, March 31:<\/strong>The Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation has enforced a complete ban on the use of plastic materials starting today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision has been implemented with the aim of promoting environmental protection, cleanliness, and a commitment to sustainable development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the ministry, the move is in line with its policy to reduce the negative environmental impacts caused by excessive use of plastic products while encouraging the adoption of alternative, eco-friendly materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials believe the decision will send a positive message to all government bodies and stakeholders. The ministry has also called for cooperation from all concerned to ensure effective implementation in the coming days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu, March 31:The Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation has enforced a complete ban on the use of plastic materials starting today. The decision has been implemented with the aim of promoting environmental protection, cleanliness, and a commitment to sustainable development. According to the ministry, the move is in line with its policy to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":384557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,8,3,6,4,5,2],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-427387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administration","category-en-cover","category-english","category-en-featured","category-en-news","category-top-stories","category-top-stories-main"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427387"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427387"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":427389,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427387\/revisions\/427389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427387"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=427387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}