Single-use plastic bags still in use

Cleaner beaches: Volunteers taking part in the World Cleanup Day event at Bayan Mutiara, Penang.

GEORGE TOWN: You have to pay RM1 for a plastic bag that costs less than five sen at most shops in Penang, but even with a “penalty” like that to reduce their use, local authorities still collected RM1mil last year from shoppers.

Penang Island City Council Mayor Datuk A. Rajendran said Penangites still go through a lot of single-use plastic bags with more than RM900,000 collected by the Penang Island City Council (MBPP).