Walaupun, sudah hampir sebulan kempen ini dijalankan. Rasanya, pasti ramai lagi di antara kita yang tidak sedar akan berlangsungnya kempen "Hari Tanpa Beg Plastik" terutamanya di Selangor...
Kepada mereka yang dah tahu tu, sama-samalah kita memberi sokongan terhdapan kempen itu. Paling tidak pun mengurangkan penggunaan beg plastik dalam kehidupan seharian, walaupun sebenarnya agak sukar sebab kita sudah terbiasa dengan penggunaannya sejak berdekad dahulu. Negara-negara lain sebenarnya telah lama memulakan kempen ini dan mendapat respon positif dari rakyatnya.
This program will help to save Malaysia’s environment by creating awareness among the public on the dangers of expansive use of plastic, reduce or minimize the plastic usage starting from shopping complexes by using recyclable shopping bags.
Plastic Bag: "The Fact"
Shocking Facts about about plastic bags:
for more info: http://www.selangor.gov.my/haritanpabegplastik/
Kepada mereka yang dah tahu tu, sama-samalah kita memberi sokongan terhdapan kempen itu. Paling tidak pun mengurangkan penggunaan beg plastik dalam kehidupan seharian, walaupun sebenarnya agak sukar sebab kita sudah terbiasa dengan penggunaannya sejak berdekad dahulu. Negara-negara lain sebenarnya telah lama memulakan kempen ini dan mendapat respon positif dari rakyatnya.
The ‘No Plastic Bag Day’ initiative was kicked off in Selangor on 2nd January 2010 with the aim to encourage further reduction of plastic bag usage across the city. every Saturday is a plastic bag-free day in Selangor.
Therefore, It better for the Shopper to make a Habit of using less plastic bags and bringing your own bags when shopping.
Customers who insist on plastic bags will have to pay between 10 sen to 20 sen per bag.
This program will help to save Malaysia’s environment by creating awareness among the public on the dangers of expansive use of plastic, reduce or minimize the plastic usage starting from shopping complexes by using recyclable shopping bags.
Plastic Bag: "The Fact"
Shocking Facts about about plastic bags:
- Plastic bags are made of polyethylene
- Polyethylene is a petroleum product
- Production contributes to air pollution and energy consumption
- Four to five trillion plastic bags are manufactured each year
- Americans use over 380 billion polyethylene bags per year
- Americans throw away approximately 100 billion polyethylene bags per year
- Of those 100 trillion plastic bags, 1% are recycled
- It takes 1000 years for polyethylene bags to break down
- As polyethylene breaks down, toxic substances leach into the soil and enter the food chain
- Approximately 1 billion seabirds and mammals die per year by ingesting plastic bags
- Plastic bags are often mistaken as food by marine mammals. 100,000marine mammals die yearly by eating plastic bags.
- These animals suffer a painful death, the plastic wraps around their intestines or they choke to death
- Plastic bag choke landfills
Let Support ‘No Plastic Bag Day’ Campaign
We can lessen our environmental footprint by minimizing the use of plastic shopping bags.
If everyone do so, our world will become a Better, Cleaner, Safer Place for all living things
for more info: http://www.selangor.gov.my/haritanpabegplastik/
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