No Plastic Bag Campaign Thailand

Since the launch of the campaign in 2019 thailand managed to reduce single use plastic bags by more than 2 billion or by 5 7 million kilogrammes worth about 400 million baht.

No plastic bag campaign thailand. Varawut strongly urged thai shoppers to forgo convenience and make carrying tote bags or paper bags a habit before the campaign kicks off. Massively popular in thailand as a role model singer celebrity and runner toon has been a big part of raising the consciousness of this campaign within the thai community. December 4 was the plastic bag free day which is the cooperative start of the nationwide campaign afterwards. Home thailand launches no plastic bag campaign.

Customers at big department stores are saying no to plastic bags. Minister varawut silpa archa said that under the campaign 43 shops will stop giving plastic bags to customers. Thai pbs reporters in a random survey of stores have found that some offer degradable plastic bags or cotton bags to customers who did not have their own bags. They will persuade shoppers to switch to cloth bags.

Thailand began the year with a ban on single use plastic bags at major stores continuing a campaign launched by the government and retailers towards a complete ban in 2021 to reduce. Department stores convenience stores with more than 24 500 branches nationwide have stopped handing out single use plastic bags. Thailand is the world s sixth largest contributor to ocean waste generating almost two million tonnes of plastic waste. But the plastic bags politely refused by willing customers are still a tiny fraction of thailand s total plastic bag problem.

Stores and shopping malls to reduce the use of single use plastic bags on tuesday as the launch date for the campaign according to. As well as the every day say no to plastic bags campaign the pollution control department pcd has introduced a 20 year action plan on plastic waste management from 2018 2037 which includes. Bangkok the natural resources and environment ministry and 43 private shopping stores have announced everyday say no to plastic bags campaign. Well its 2020 and no more plastic bags shoppers are being reminded to bring there own shopping bags in thailand.

Thailand s ministry of natural resources and environment fears that the public campaign to reduce plastic bags is falling on deaf ears after the latest loss of a wild elephant which died with plastic bags in its intestines and stomach.