JOHOR BARU: There is a pressing need to restart Johor’s ban on single-use plastics and polystyrene, says Safe Johor River founder Poh Pai Yik.
He said efforts to implement and enforce the ban since it was introduced by the state government in 2019 had been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
“It is high time that the ‘No Plastics’ ban is reintroduced in Johor and for stricter enforcement to be carried out,” he told The Star. He cited pineapple farming as an example in which single-use polystyrene plates were used to cover each fruit to shield it from the sun. However, enforcement without first ensuring the public understood the impact of these harmful materials would only work in the short term, she added.
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