No Plastic Bag Campaign Thailand



As well as the every day say no to plastic bags campaign the pollution control department pcd has introduced a 20 year action plan on plastic waste management from 2018 2037 which includes.

No plastic bag campaign thailand. Thai pbs reporters in a random survey of stores have found that some offer degradable plastic bags or cotton bags to customers who did not have their own bags. Arko datta reuters buy a hairpin and the sales clerk has a microscopic plastic bag for it. The thai retailers association and 75 member stores across 24 500 retail distribution channels plan to ban the use of plastic bags under the everyday say no to plastic bags campaign from jan 1.

Varawut strongly urged thai shoppers to forgo convenience and make carrying tote bags or paper bags a habit before the campaign kicks off. But the plastic bags politely refused by willing customers are still a tiny fraction of thailand s total plastic bag problem. Department stores convenience stores with more than 24 500 branches nationwide have stopped handing out single use plastic bags.

Since the launch of the campaign in 2019 thailand managed to reduce single use plastic bags by more than 2 billion or by 5 7 million kilogrammes worth about 400 million baht. Customers at big department stores are saying no to plastic bags. December 4 was the plastic bag free day which is the cooperative start of the nationwide campaign afterwards.

Thailand s ministry of natural resources and environment fears that the public campaign to reduce plastic bags is falling on deaf ears after the latest loss of a wild elephant which died with plastic bags in its intestines and stomach. Well its 2020 and no more plastic bags shoppers are being reminded to bring there own shopping bags in thailand. Massively popular in thailand as a role model singer celebrity and runner toon has been a big part of raising the consciousness of this campaign within the thai community.

Home thailand launches no plastic bag campaign. No plastic bags campaign in thailand thailand s ministry of natural resources and environment has urged consumers nationwide to refrain from using single use plastic bags. Thailand is the world s sixth largest contributor to ocean waste generating almost two million tonnes of plastic waste.