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Islands in focus: Jambi stands against plastic bag fee policy
The Jambi administration has expressed opposition to the governmentâs new plastic bag policy, requiring modern retailers to charge customers for plastic bags
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he Jambi administration has expressed opposition to the government's new plastic bag policy, requiring modern retailers to charge customers for plastic bags. Mayor Sy Fasha said the program would only benefit retailers, calling it 'irrelevant'.
'Why don't we just ban them [plastic bags]?' Fasha said on Monday evening, as quoted by tribunnews.com.
In February last year, prompted by online and offline petitions that attracted 70,000 signatures, the Environment and Forestry Ministry issued a circular stating that retailers should start charging customers for plastic bags.
The policy was implemented in seven major cities on Sunday and is expected to eventually be implemented in a further 23 cities.
Fasha said that his administration had been considering whether or not to issue a regulation that bans the uses of plastic bags.
'It is better for residents to bring their own shopping or plastic bags from home,' he said.
