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Greater Jakarta: Ban on plastic bags helps reduce waste
The administration of Bogor in West Java has significantly reduced plastic waste through a policy that bans plastic bags at many retailers
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span>The administration of Bogor in West Java has significantly reduced plastic waste through a policy that bans plastic bags at many retailers.
The policy, which was enacted on Dec. 12 through Mayoral Regulation No. 60/2018, bars modern retailers from providing plastic bags to their customers.
“At least 24 retailers have implemented the policy,” Bogor Environment Agency head of partnerships Setiawati said in a press release on Monday.
The result, Setiawati added, had encouraged the administration to expand the policy to 12 traditional markets in the municipality.
The agency would start introducing the ban at the traditional markets on National Plastic Waste Reduction Day on March 1. “It took us four months to introduce the policy at modern retailers. I believe it will take us more than that for the traditional markets,” she said.
