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O The environmental consciousness of the

public and consumer has been increasing due to emergence of campaigns through media and public education during the century. O The green concept is embraced by a lot of organizations and rabid environmentalists. O Recently, Malaysia has followed in the footsteps of many countries in launching a No Plastic Bags Campaign.

Consider the Following Shocking Facts About Plastic Shopping Bags:

O Plastic bags are made of polyethylene O Polyethylene is a petroleum product O Production contributes to air pollution and energy

consumption O Four to five trillion plastic bags are manufactured each year O Of those 100 trillion plastic bags, 1% are recycled O It takes 1000 years for polyethylene bags to break down

O As polyethylene breaks down, toxic substances

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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. 100,000 marine 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

O This program will help to save Malaysias

environment by creating awareness among the public on the disadvantages of expansive use of plastic. O It reduces and minimizes plastic usage starting from shopping complexes by using recyclable shopping bags. O This campaign was targeted at consumers and retailers, hypermarkets and supermarket.

O Even though some states in Malaysia are not

keen on the No Plastic Bag campaign, the states of Penang and Selangor are aggressively participating in this campaign. O To step up the green campaign in Penang, from 1st January 2011, the Penang state government imposed a No Free Plastic Bag policy.

The role of various sectors in implementing No Plastic Bag Campaign

O The Malaysian government has set in place

in many states the No Plastic Bags Days campaign where retailers are only allowed to issue plastic bags for free on a given day. O Penang and Sabah state governments first launched its No Plastic Bag Day in 2009. This was then followed by Selangor, the Miri (Sarawak) local council, the Sibu (Sarawak) local council and Putrajaya (Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 2011).

O Penang was the first state in Malaysia to

launch the "No Free Plastic Bags" campaign in July 2009. O On 1 January 2011, Penang created history by being the first state to do it every day of the year. O The ruling applies to all hypermarkets, supermarkets, pharmacies, fast-food outlets, nasi kandar restaurants and convenience stores, including petrol stations. O Mini-markets and single stores will also be asked to do the same on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays when they renew their yearly licences.

O Free reusable bags made of cloth are given

out to people for them to replace plastic bags (The Malaysian Insider, 2011) O The Selangor state government implements the campaign every Saturday may be extending to weekdays. O The Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry has launched a simultaneous nationwide campaign at Selangor that will see all hypermarkets, supermarkets and Petronas petrol stations no longer giving out free plastic bags on Saturdays.

O The

campaign helps to support the government effort to preserve the environment and the depleting resources while instilling environment friendly values among the public and businesses.

O The environmental attitudes of Malaysians

play a crucial role. O Attitudes of Malaysians make the implementation of No Plastic Bags campaign more successful as people are willing to translate their attitudes into actions.

O Customers who are insistent on being given

plastic bags will have to pay RM0.10 per plastic bag (Care2, 2010). O This charge has been increased to RM0.20 (The Malaysian Insider, 2011) nowadays. O Through this campaign, people are obviously willing to use lesser plastic bags as they are equipped with the knowledge of the harm that can cause the environment.

Plastic Bags Campaign also targeted at private sector especially supermarkets and hypermarkets in order to reduce in plastic bag usage. O Examples of supermarkets and hypermarkets that implement this campaign:
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O Aeon Co. (M) Bhd.

O Tesco Stores (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd

O Ikea Malaysia

O To help preserve the environment, AEON had

also launched the Reusable Shopping Bag, Say NO to Plastic Bags Campaign and AEON Eco Campaign to work towards educating the public. O AEON kick started the monthly Say NO to Plastic Bags Campaign beginning 28 December 2008. O JUSCO has launched the JUSCO reusable shopping bag to curb the usage of plastic bags. These bags are environmental-friendly and available from RM1.00 to RM4.90 each.

O Tesco

Stores (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd are committed in helping and encouraging their customers to go green. O They aim to mobilize collective action among customers, supplier and customers to help protect the environment and combat climate change.

O IKEA Malaysia is to become the countrys first

retailer to eliminate the use of single-use plastic bags in the latest environment initiative by the worlds largest home furnishing company. O This has been a journey for IKEA Malaysia which began in June 2009, when it introduced the Kick The Plastic Bag Habit campaign with an aim of reducing plastic bags consumption. O Theres a positive trend of the IKEA customers stopped buying plastic bags and following this, start from 1 July 2011, the retailer will no longer offer plastic bags.

The effects of implemented No Plastic Bag Campaign to the various sectors.

O shoppers nationwide will now have to pay

20sen if they want the shopping centre or outlet they visit on Saturdays, to give them plastic shopping bag. O Objective: support the government effort to preserve the environment and the depleting resources while instilling environment friendly values among the public and businesses.

O The money collected from the fee would

be used to conduct environment preservation and protection related programmes and also activities for consumers and communities. O donated to the states Partners Against Poverty (PAP) Fund to wipe out hardcore poverty.

Public Sector (Citizens)

O effects on income of citizens in Malaysia.
O Plight for plastic bag industry. O public is making the habit of bringing own

bags when shopping.

Private Sector
O This campaign had gave impacts on

various private sector especially hypermarket in Malaysia.

O Examples:
O Aeon Co. (M) Bhd.

O CARREFOUR Malaysia
O Tesco Stores (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd

O Ikea Malaysia

O Tiny Tapir (Eco-shop)

O Prior

to the campaign, AEON gave between 80 million and 90 million plastic bags to customers every year. O AEON has been able to reduce the use of plastic bags by 10 million pieces since the launch of its No Plastic Bag campaign in January 2008.

O company collected RM 200,000 from the

sale of plastic bags on the No Plastic Bag Day this year. O The money collected is not to profit the company because it is used to finance projects like planting trees at the AEON Mahkota Cheras and the social project at the Malacca Hospital.

O Carrefour has saved 26 million plastic

bags since it kicked off the no plastic bag campaign in 2009. O the hypermarket has managed to channel RM180,000 to the Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) from the sale of plastic bags. O The store in Bangsar South shopping centre has been bag-free since it opened in 2009 and provides only carton boxes for its customers.

O The Tropicana City Mall outlet has a no

plastic bag day on Mondays. O at Bandar Tun Hussein Onn, eight out of 15 checkout lanes give priority to customers with their own shopping bags. O Carrefour aims to achieve zero distribution of plastic bags by next year.

O TESCO hypermarket had introduced a

range of alternative carrier bags and also designed an eco-friendly recycle bag. O Those consumers who using the recycle bag when purchase the goods can gain extra point for the member card. O As of November 2009, their customers have saved more than 31 million carrier bags.

O charged 20 cents for each plastic bag.

O gain from the sales of the plastic bags with

all proceeds going to IKEAs environmental partner the Malaysian Nature Society (MNS), the largest and leading local environmental non-profit company. O As of 31 May 2011, donation amount to MNS is RM159,939 for a collaboration of on-going mangrove trees planting at Kuala Selangor Nature Park to conserve the mangrove environment.

O Tiny Tapir carries reusable bags that are

not only fashionable but durable also appeals to green trendsetters. O They have several ranges of bags available. For example, the Chico bag, is Tiny Tapirs own brand of bags manufactured in Taiwan. It is made of 100 per cent recycled materials, namely plastic bottles. It takes 12 bottles to make a Chico bag.

O The durability of the bags also makes

them versatile for any occasion, whether for casual use or for work and they can carry heavy weights, making them useful for grocery shopping.

Conclusion
O Environment protection is a practice of

protecting the environment and it is responsibility of all of us. O Purpose of government implemented No Plastic Bag is to protect our environment, not to generate revenue. O Save on plastic bags, save the planet, by practising this program, we can save our earth by minimizing the usage of plastic bags.