Malang City and Surabaya City are two areas in East Java that were chosen by the central government as pilot project trial of paid plastic bags.
"In fact, there are 23 cities/regencies selected, only for East Java only two regions, because considering the waste management, public awareness, economic growth and support from the local shopping center business association," said Malang Mayor H. Moch, Anton H. Moch. Anton on the sidelines of his presence at the 2016 National Waste Care Day (HPSN) Ceremony at Karebosi Field, Makassar, Saturday (5/3).
In the ceremony led directly by the Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia Jusuf Kalla, the governors, mayors and regents participating in the HPSN were reminded by the Vice President Jusuf Kalla about the tragedy of the Leuwigajah Final Disposal Site (TPA) as a result of the earth's inability to accommodate the ever-increasing burden of rubbish.
According to him, awareness must be built to minimize the use of materials that are difficult to decompose again. "The paid plastic policy is more educational so that people choose non-plastic packaging. Even lemper cakes that taste distinctive using leaf wrapping, now many are migrating to using plastic," said Vice President Jusuf Kalla, Saturday (5/4).
The peak of HPSN 2016 was marked by the signing of a joint commitment to socialize the use of paid plastic between the Governor of DKI, elected mayors/regents with Aprindo (Indonesian Retail Entrepreneurs Association). (say/yon)
