MALAYSIA: No plastic bags, polystyrene ban in Selangor next year

Starting January next year, the Selangor state will ban the use of polystyrene containers and extend the No Plastic Bag Day on Saturdays to seven days a week.

Green Technology and Environment committee chairman Elizabeth Wong said all official events and buildings of the Selangor state government would stop using plastic bags and polystyrene by next month (Sept. 2016) to get the ball rolling.

“The current 20sen charge to buy a plastic bag on Saturdays as part of the No Plastic Bag Day campaign will be extended to every day of the week while polystyrene containers will be banned.

“Up until now, many peddlers and traders have had a positive response to the campaign to reduce the use of plastic bags and polystyrene,” she said.

Source: Daily “The Star”, Kuala Lumpur; 3 Aug 2016

(Syed Rashid Ali, Karachi, Pakistan)