Stronger efforts needed to stop Sabah’s plastic pollution


Big pollutants: Workers cleaning a river bank littered with trash, most of which is plastic.

KOTA KINABALU: A concerted effort is needed to strengthen and improve laws as well as policies to deal with the issue of plastic pollution in Sabah, says Datuk Seri Dr Joachim Gunsalam.

The Deputy Chief Minister II said there is growing concern over the increase in plastic pollution, which has a serious impact on the state.

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