Packing off needless waste


GEORGE TOWN: The Penang government is working on getting manufacturers to do away with needless packaging, says state environment committee chairman Phee Boon Poh.

If the cardboard box housing a tube of toothpaste is to be trashed immediately after it is opened, why have it in the first place, he asked.

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