Selangor to review plastic bag charge
06 Dec 2022 03:22pm
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State Tourism, Environment, Green Technology and Orang Asli Affairs Committee chairman Hee Loy Sian conceded that there was a problem with enforcement during the COVID-19 pandemic as his committee relaxed the policy to allow the usage of plastic bags when wrapping food.
"We will tighten the enforcement. This time, we may withdraw the premises licence from those who did not comply with the plastic bag charge,” he told the Selangor State Legislative Assembly meeting here today.
He was replying to a supplementary question by Elizabeth Wong Keat Ping (PH-Bukit Lanjan) on the enforcement against using plastic bags which was seen as increasing despite the campaign to charge for plastic bags,
.According to him, as of June, the collection from plastic bags in Selangor amounted to R4.8 million and it is expected to exceed RM9 million this year compared to RM8.5 million last year and RM6.6 million in 2020. - BERNAMA
