Malacca to go plastic-bag free in 2016

MALACCA: Malacca plans to go plastic-bag free in 2016.

Malacca Green Technology Corporation chief executive officer Datuk Kamarudin Md Shah said that in the run-up to implementing the measure, the state government would enforce a 'No Plastic Bag Day' on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays beginning Jan 1 next year.        

"The decision to go without plastic bags on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from next year was approved by the state executive council on Feb 26," he said in a statement.

The state government implemented the 'No Plastic Bag Day' on Fridays and Saturdays from April this year.

Kamarudin said the initiative was in accordance with a government effort to enhance environmental quality and progress towards a green technology city state by 2020.

He advised Malaccans to support the state government move by bringing along their own bags on their shopping trips. - Bernama