THE brown paper grocery bag, once chucked aside in favour of plastic bags, is making a comeback at various grocery stores, convenience stores and mini markets all over Penang island.
Penang Chinese Commercial Union chairman Tan Cheng Eow said proprietors of 102 stores had agreed to try reverting to grocery bags in support of the state government’s Plastic Bags Reduction Campaign.
He added that the union, with the help of sponsors, was distributing 100,000 grocery bags for free to these outlets in response to the call for eco-friendly alternatives to plastic bags.
“This bag is reusable, if you don’t purposely tear it. It is made from recycled newspapers and is recyclable, and would disintegrate in about three months if wet,” he told a press conference on Thursday night.
Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng commended the operators for doing their part, adding that caring for the environment transcended age and gender.
He added that the 3Rs of recycling (reduce, reuse, recycle) could only be successful with the fourth R, and that was “responsibility”.
The Star
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