Be prepared for some inconvenience if you forget 'No plastic bag days'.Selangor’s first ‘No Plastic Bag Day’ on Jan 2 went by so quietly that many consumers were frustrated at being caught unawares.
The Selangor government had on Dec 20 declared its plans to make every Saturday a plastic bag-free day effective Jan 1.
There is definitely a lot of inconvenience in store for you, especially so if you are buying fish and other seafood as well as meat.Make sure that you bring a reusable bag as well as some old plastic bags to hold in the defrosting items or else they may leak on to your reusable bag and caused untold problems on how to get rid of odours and stains.
As you do not carry more than one reusable bag, you cannot carry all the items you have bought. So, get used to carting loose items to your car, if you decide to go shopping on Saturday with only one reusable bag.For those using public transportation,buy fewer items. Some supermarkets are thinking of giving out carton boxes but I think that is not really a great option.You do not want to go up a public transport like a porter, do you?
Most Carrefour stores in the Klang Valley have implemented 'plastic bag-free'days since 2009 and their target is to have no plastic bags in Carrefour Malaysia by 2012.
Customers who insist on plastic bags will have to pay 10 sen per bag.
On the other hand, Giant will only be implementing its “no plastic bag” days from Jan 9.
Plastic bags will still be available at 20 sen on 'No plastic bag days' and reusable bags retail at RM1.99.
Cold Storage will also observe the ‘no plastic bag day’ on Saturdays. Currently, the stores do not give out plastic bags on Thursdays.
Convenience store chain 7-11 will also be starting its ‘no plastic bag’ on 9th January 2010.
So,remember "No Plastic Bag Days' is on Saturdays in Selangor or suffer in silence!
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