Start No plastic bag on Saturday, and continuously do No plastic bag everyday!

In order to reduce the use of plastic bags, the Malaysian government has issued a new rule that requires shoppers to pay 20 sen ($0.08) for each plastic bag when they shop on Saturdays.  The amount collected with the sale of these plastic bags will go into a fund to benefit the environment and community.  This is why we started with " I'm not a plastic bag". we want to increase the awareness among the public which is you guys.  thus, by saving one plastic bag everyday you can reduces the usage of billion plastic bags over the year.  Absolutely right, when people say it is hard to not using the plastic bag since we has been using it for a decades but look at the outcomes and the effect to our earth.  It is something that is not valuable to do.  We get no benefit for put high consumption in using plastic bag.  Plastic bag brings many cons to the earth.  We are the people that rules the world, and to change the environment it start with us the people who lives the earth.

Plastic bags take hundreds of years to degrade entirely, also contributing to hazardous emissions to the atmosphere whilst decomposing. In Malaysia, plastic bags and goods represent approximately 24% of the total waste, according to experts. Even worse, plastic bags end up being littered at public places, clogging up sewage drains which could contribute to flooding. When washed out to the ocean, plastic bags could pose a risk to marine animals whether through accidental ingestion or suffocation.  In Africa, the sight of littered plastic bags was so ubiquitous that a home-based industry has been developed to harvest these bags. The bags will be woven into hats, mats and even more durable bags, selling it off later on.

There are numerous ways to cut down on the usage of disposable plastic products such as utensils to food containers.   Besides that, reusable bags can be found in various colors and designs nowadays, no longer dull and unappealing. However, reusable bags should be washed often as well, as it breeds bacteria easily. A little bit goes a long way, no doubt Malaysia will be a greener country within years to come if young 

Malaysians incorporate reusing and recycling in their daily lives.