Too many Malaysians still love their plastic bags

KUALA LUMPUR: The move to charge shoppers 20 sen for each plastic bag has not done much to eliminate single-use plastics, according to a survey, and statistics show that plastic waste continues to dominate landfills in various parts of the country.

In Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, for example, some 101,949 tonnes of plastic waste ended up in landfills in 2021.