MELAKA: Melaka plans to go plastic-bag free in 2016.
Melaka Green Technology Corporation chief executive officer Datuk Kamarudin Md Shah said that in the run-up to implementing the measure, the state government would enforce a ‘No Plastic Bag Day’ on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays beginning Jan 1 next year.
“The decision to go without plastic bags on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from next year was approved by the state executive council on Feb 26,” he said in a statement yesterday.
The state government implemented the ‘No Plastic Bag Day’ on Fridays and Saturdays from April this year.
Kamarudin said the initiative was in accordance with the government effort to enhance environmental quality and progress towards a green technology city state by 2020.
He advised the people of Melaka to support the state government move by bringing along their own bags on their shopping trips. — Bernama