Banking on a ban to save the planet


Plastic crisis: Poh taking photos of trash on the riverbank of Sungai Tebrau. — THOMAS YONG/The Star

JOHOR BARU: There is a pressing need to restart Johor’s ban on single-use plastics and polystyrene, says Safe Johor River founder Poh Pai Yik.

He said efforts to implement and enforce the ban since it was introduced by the state government in 2019 had been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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