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Wednesday, April 18, 2007


BYOBD.. So today..,18th April was the inaugural day for Bring Your Own Bag Day in Singapore and the participating retailers are:


o Carrefour
o Cold Storage
o FairPrice
o Giant
o Prime
o Sheng Siong
o Shop n Save


Subsequently, the BYOBD will be on the 1st Wed of each month, meant to educate us Singaporeans to save the planet. How kewl is dat. But looking at the news just now i was quite appalled by some of the 'sengkek' singaporeans who was not happy with the new rule, apparently cos they were asked or some put it as 'forced' to buy canvas or u call it reusable bags available at the participating supermarkets (for those who did not bring any while shopping)or donate 10cents for each plastic bag taken at the checkout counters.

Okay, i know its a bit ridiculous.But..i feel that y not a for a good cause? Take heed that proceeds from the donation will go to SEC, a registered charity, where they will use it to fund campaign and other environmental programmes.Scientifically, plastic bags begin their lives as natural gas or other petrochemical substances, which are finite, polluting, and increasingly expensive resources.

According to ChannelNewsAsia, Singapore consumes 2.5 billion plastic bags each year. Singapore incinerates its waste plastic bags and burning a tonne of them produces almost 2,900 kilograms of carbon dioxide - the gas that causes global warming.Global warming is the reason why glaciers melt, causing sea levels to rise. And that is a serious issue for islands like Singapore.And some plastic bags end up as rubbish, polluting beaches and clogging up waterways & drains.

Memang for me personally, i actually need loads of plastic bags for my thrashes at home. You know how we recycle the bags we got from supermarkets for our domestic dustbins at home. But after i know the impact it had on us plus, as Muslims, kita pon digalakkan utk menjaga persekitaran, and be mesra alam, i guess we had to make some sacrifice kan? And its kewl to carry those bags per..rather than da usual plastic pasar tu. Anyway, its not that plastic bags are gonna perish forever from Singapore! I can still get it from other shops.So..

Remember:

1. Don’t ask for a bag for small purchases
2. Always ask cashiers to pack more purchases into bags
3. Avoid double-bagging
4. Carry and use reusable bags where possible



Stylo kan...? Nak pegi pasar pon ade class...














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