No Plastic Bag Campaign In Penang
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No plastic bag campaign in penang. The penang government is working towards a no plastic bag day on every monday at supermarkets and hypermarkets from july 1st this year. Penang s no plastic bag effort is not enforced by law. Penang no plastic bag policy under fire. 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.
In 2011 the penang state government made history in its green initiatives by implementing the no free plastic bag every day policy. Come jan 1 plastic bags will be practically banned state wide. The news was published all over the chinese language media on sunday. 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.
So consumers and businesses will do it voluntarily. We are happy with the no plastic bag campaign and we hope that one day businesses will stop the use of plastic bags. The move an extension of the current no plastic bag day in shopping centres and hypermarkets on mondays tuesdays and. 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.
See a guang ming report here. 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. Related articles penang launches experience penang year 2020. K ganesh 55 said the no plastic bag campaign was a good move to educate the public but the execution part has its flaws.
State welfare caring society and environment committee chairman phee boon poh said he was confident that the public would support the move. 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.