Penang Green Council will distribute 100,000 reusable bags to residents for the first three months of the state’s “No Plastic Bags Every Day” campaign, starting March 1. Businesses will be given a six-month grace period to adjust to the new regulations, with full enforcement starting September 1, 2025. This campaign follows Penang’s long history of tackling plastic use, including a previous “No Plastic Bag” policy introduced in 2009.
As part of the state’s push for environmental conservation and sustainability, Penang Green Council will distribute 100,000 reusable bags to residents for the first three months of the state’s “No Plastic Bags Every Day” campaign, starting March 1, according to Bernama.After the initial three-month distribution, he said the reusable bags would be available for purchase after the campaign launch.
Businesses will be given a six-month grace period, until Aug 31, 2025, to adjust to the new regulations. Full enforcement will start Sept 1. This campaign follows Penang’s long history of tackling plastic use. In 2009, the state was the first in Malaysia to introduce a “No Plastic Bag” policy, banning businesses from providing free plastic bags to customers.
Mr Sundarajoo highlighted that, prior to this, the state had also introduced “No Plastic Bag Days” from Monday to Wednesday, with plastic bags charged at RM1 each from Thursday to Friday. Since 2009, the initiative has raised RM8 million .
The state government is also working on a plan to phase out not just plastic bags but all single-use plastics in Penang, which Mr Sundarajoo described as an “Vertical Institute Unveils Generative AI Course to Meet Growing Demand for Digital Proficiency
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