Penang to implement new single-use plastics rule by next year


Convenient: Most hawkers rely on single-use plastics to package their wares. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: With concerns over the Covid-19 pandemic easing, Penang is planning a single-use plastics framework to complement its state-wide “No Free Plastic Bag” campaign introduced way back in 2009.

Penang Green Council (PGC) general manager Josephine Tan said if things went as planned, the state government hoped to launch it next year.

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