Ministry aims to cut plastic straw usage


By BAVANI MJADE CHAN

KUALA LUMPUR: Nipping the use of plastic straws at its source is the only way for the ban to work, said Federal Territories Minister Khalid Abdul Samad.

“People do not actually go out to buy straws; they get it from restaurants.

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