Plastic bag ban provides  many environmental benefits


Trashed: This file photo shows a beach littered with plastic waste.

KLANG: The federal government’s initiative to eliminate single-­use plastic bags is timely to rescue Malaysia from severe environmental degradation, says an academic.

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia senior lecturer Dr Shamila Azman said the ban offers both immediate and long-term environmental benefits.

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