Recently, Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry has made ‘No Plastic Bag Day’ Saturdays applicable throughout the country. At the past, ‘No Plastic Bag Day’ was applied already in the state of Selangor and Pulau Pinang. If the customers still need plastic bag, the customers will need to pay 20 sen for each plastic bag.
There are also many people agreed to this activity. One of them is Elizabeth Wong, which claims plastic bags are ‘massive’ environmental problem. This is because plastic bag can become dangerous if they are not properly handled. Some people tend to burn them and the fumes is highly toxic and will danger our health. Besides that, plastic bag takes up to 1000 years to decompose in land and resulting in accumulation of rubbish on the earth.
I found that this activity is quite meaningful and should be practiced. Actually, in other foreign countries, they have been started this activities a long time ago. It is a very simple steps we can take in order to reduce the amount of rubbish being produced and at the same time protecting our earth from pollution. It also the best time to educate the public to start their effort in saving our environment and prevent it becoming worst.
