26/09/2021
Ogos 3, 2021 14:56 MYT
07 DEC 2020 / 08:45 H.
KUALA LUMPUR: Plastic waste, instead of decreasing as planned, is on the rise due to Covid-19, threatening to derail the country’s fledgling environmental efforts.
From medical masks, takeaway plastic food containers to zip ties, experts have reported seeing an increase in plastic waste.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, when stay-at-home advisories became effective, people have steadily moved their lives online and getting their meals, groceries and goods delivered.
The use of plastic packaging has predictably surged, especially in the food delivery category as merchants seek to keep costs down while ensuring food safety.
“Just looking at the change of behaviour and practice during Covid (pandemic), you can already see that plastic will increase,” said Waste Management Systems Sdn Bhd executive chairman Datuk Mizan Yahya.
Plastic waste usually comprises slightly more than 13 percent of all municipal solid waste in Malaysia.
Source: https://www.thesundaily.my/local/covid-19-threatens-to-derail-plastic-reduction-efforts-MC5499790
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