Hee (fourth from left) with representatives from the shopping malls holding reusable food containers and straws that will be distributed during the ‘No Plastic Bag and No Straw’ programmes at Empire Shopping Gallery, BMC Mall in Bandar Mahkota Cheras and GM Klang. — RAJA FAISAL HISHAN/The Star
LOCAL authorities will collect 20sen per plastic bag given out to shoppers at hypermarkets, supermarkets and selected minimarts from operators starting Jan 1 next year.
Selangor environment, green technology and consumer affairs committee chairman Hee Loy Sian said the money collected by the local authorities would be channelled to a state trust fund to conduct environment-friendly advocacy campaigns.
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