Plastic Straw Ban Malaysia
Giving up plastic straws gives people a warm fuzzy feeling of being good stewards of mother earth without actually having to do much.
Plastic straw ban malaysia. According to the star ministry secretary general datuk seri adnan mohd ikhsan said that businesses who continue to use plastic straws in 2019 will risk having their business licences terminated. Ministry secretary general datuk seri adnan mohd ikhsan said. Picture by ke ooi.
The ban is a distraction. Malaysia aims to abolish single use plastics by 2030 and will introduce a charge for plastic bags the minister in charge of environment matters yeo bee yin said on monday sep 24. Following concerns raised by persons with disabilities he later clarified that business.
Plastic straws will join plastics bags and polystyrene food packaging which were banned in september 2017. It won t fix the problem of. Starbucks has announced plans to phase out plastic straws by 2020 in stores around the world and replace them with an innovative lid design that cuts out the need for drinking straws altogether.
The ban on the use of plastic drinking straws effective jan 1 2020 is aimed at traders and operators of food outlets who are licence holders and not at the public. The ban on plastic straws in the federal territories of kuala lumpur putrajaya and labuan from jan 1 next year received mixed views from the public. This ban is included as a renewal requirement for business licenses with full enforcement beginning 1 january 2020.
The latest announcement follows one made a few days earlier by malaysia s federal territories ministry on the implementation of a plastic straw ban in kuala lumpur putrajaya and labuan. Saturday 22 sep 2018 04 02 pm myt. Wwf malaysia applauds the ban on plastic straws starting 1 january 2019 in the federal territories of kuala lumpur putrajaya and labuan.
Beginning january 1 an awareness campaign on the negative impact of single use straws will be conducted throughout the year before the ban is fully enforced on licensed traders and food operators in 2020.