No Plastic Bag Day
Say YEAH to ‘No Plastic Bag Day’ implemented in Penang and Selangor in year 2010!
Next, say STRANGE to ‘Everyday a Plastic Bag Day’ implemented in Kuala Lumpur, the Federal Territory of Malaysia.
Ironic enough, since the launch of ‘No Plastic Bag Day’ in Selangor early this year, the Kuala Lumpurian need to be alert that if they are going to shop on Saturday, make sure they bring along shopping bags if they visit shopping malls in Bandar Utama, Sunway, Subang and so forth. Whilst for residents of Selangor, they need not worry about bringing shopping bags if they are heading Mid-Valley Megamall or KLCC Suria.
What a joke!
We who live in the Klang Valley, who often travel between Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, have to learn the differences of rules and regulations in both areas. Now we have to learn which places that provide plastic bags on Saturday and which do not. Bear in mind that if you visit Cold Storage Supermarkets, they do not provide plastic bags on Thursday and Saturday nationwide. A bit confusing huh?
So what is the fuss? Let’s just bring our shopping bags everywhere we go.
As much as we love our mother earth, we are born in the plastic bag culture. It is utterly true that people who have been living with plastic bags for decades, will not tune into the ‘No Plastic Bag’ mode instantly. We need a push, a lot of reminders and practices. I can see people will not turn away the offer of plastic bags for convenience sake. After all, who welcomes troubles?
Urged by MPs to implement ‘No Plastic Bag Day’ campaign, The Mayor of Kuala Lumpur City Hall told the press that DBKL will observe and evaluate the effectiveness of the campaign by Selangor government, then decide if they will or will not adopt the idea. What a big joke! The Federal Territory is falling behind in environmental care with such a lame reason. This inevitably gives most people excuses not to play their role as a efficient citizen.
‘No Plastic Bag Day’ is the beginning of environmental care awareness campaign, we have a long way to go. Much more environmental friendly approaches must be introduced and enforced in the country especially forest conservation, town planning and development, energy and resources management, traffic system and control, waste management, lifestyle and education.
At TotalChild Preschool, we can do our small but crucial part, that is, lifestyle and education. We believe that children learn by role modeling. We show children that we care about the environment by doing the followings:
1) 3 R practice – reduce, reuse and recyle
2) minimising the use of chemical for cleaning by using garbage enzyme
3) adopting ‘LESS meat and processed food, MORE vegetables and fruits’ approach in serving meals
4) avoiding the use of disposable plastic and Styrofoam utensil
5) organising talks and campaigns to create awareness about environmental care
6) educating children about the adverse effect of pollutions such as ‘greenhouse effect’ and ‘global warming’
Hopefully we will produce new generations with strong awareness about the environmental care.
Parents, are you doing your part?