Business owners reluctant to register with councils

Selangor government is on a drive to reduce single-use plastics in the state.

IT IS drawing close to 10 months since businesses in Selangor have been required to register with their local councils to hand over the 20sen charge for every plastic bag sold as levied by businesses on consumers.

But so far, it is estimated that less than 5% of businesses under each local authority in the state have registered, much less handed over the monies collected from the sale of single-use plastic bags.