No Plastic Bag Campaign In Penang
The move an extension of the current no plastic bag day in shopping centres and hypermarkets on mondays tuesdays and.
No plastic bag campaign in penang. The penang government will go ahead with its no plastic bag campaign and also conduct a public survey on the plastic issue as well as the say no to plastic straws single use plastics for three months. State welfare caring society and environment committee chairman phee boon poh said the. The penang government has reportedly collected rm8 9 million in plastic bag fees since 2009 till march this year which is channelled into social economic programmes under its agenda ekonomi saksama for low income homes. Penang s no plastic bag effort is not enforced by law.
Let s take a poll to see what kind of. K ganesh 55 said the no plastic bag campaign was a good move to educate the public but the execution part has its flaws. It seems that plastic makers are saying they are going to distribute 150 000 free plastic bags next year to counter the penang state government s no free plastic bags policy. Penang no plastic bag policy under fire.
We are happy with the no plastic bag campaign and we hope that one day businesses will stop the use of plastic bags. The news was published all over the chinese language media on sunday. Singapore the malaysian states of penang and perak are cracking down on plastic bags with both set to introduce expanded measures to combat its use according to media reports. Come jan 1 plastic bags will be practically banned state wide.
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The penang state government launched the no free plastic bag campaign in july 2009 and on jan 1 2011 penang built on the momentum by becoming the first green state in malaysia to implement. This transformed the habits of both businesses and citizens to the point of reducing a shocking total of 33 million plastic bags since the birth of no plastic bag policy in 2009.