Single-use plastic ban pays off


Going green: Students of Sekolah Raja Perempuan Taayah using their own containers to store the food bought in the school canteen. — RONNIE CHIN/The Star

IPOH: One year since it banned single-use plastic, a school here has reported fewer plastic containers and food waste being thrown into rubbish bins.

The compound of Sekolah Raja Perempuan Taayah, a major religious boarding school in Perak with 567 students, is cleaner too.

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