‘Turn off the tap’ of plastic waste, govt urged

PETALING JAYA: A national approach to addressing plastic pollution should come with the reduced production of plastic materials, says an environmentalist.Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) research officer Mageswari Sangaralingam said that while the move to introduce new legislation to handle the problem is laudable, the issue needs to be addressed at source.

“We agree there is a need to seriously look into plastic disposal and pollution. However, there has to be a focus on production too.“If we keep on producing plastics, then we will keep generating more plastic waste. More plastics equal more pollution,” said Mageswari, who is also Sahabat Alam Malaysia senior researcher.