No Plastic Bag Campaign In Penang

State welfare caring society and environment committee chairman phee boon poh said he was confident that the public would support the move. See a guang ming report here. The move an extension of the current no plastic bag day in shopping centres and hypermarkets on mondays tuesdays and.

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Although penang was the first state to launch the no free plastic bag campaign 10 years ago today is the start of the campaign that encourages businesses to voluntarily stop providing plastic bags on every monday even though shoppers are willing to pay for them.

No plastic bag campaign in penang. The no plastic campaign was aimed at encouraging penangites to bring their own shopping bags and help reduce penang s carbon footprint. In 2011 the penang state government made history in its green initiatives by implementing the no free plastic bag every day policy. 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. 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.

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. Come jan 1 plastic bags will be practically banned state wide. The news was published all over the chinese language media on sunday. 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.

From mondays to wednesdays no plastic bag will be given at shops supermarkets and shopping centers no matter how much you want to pay. Related articles penang launches experience penang year 2020. According to the state environment committee chairman phee boon poh starting from 1st january 2021 in penang you will have to pay rm1 for every plastic bag that you get at the cashier. We don t want to force them.

The penang government is working towards a no plastic bag day on every monday at supermarkets and hypermarkets from july 1st this year. 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.