In March 2016, the government of Bandung make a new regulation for plastic bag in the retail. Hyper mart, Supermarket and Mini market cannot give a plastic bag for free anymore. We need to pay Rp 200,- for one plastic bag.
"It is too cheap, what the difference that they can make?"
Maybe some of you will think like that. Feeling that the new regulation will not give a good impact in our environment. BUT, THEY DO.
I can feel the difference, and I am trying to make a change in my lifestyle. Before this come up, I already aware about the damage of plastic bag. How much plastic bag that I used up, how it will not recycle until 100 years, yet I am still using plastic bag in my daily life. Plastic bag just convenient and I get it for free.
But now is different. Since we need to pay, people now aware about the plastic bag that they used. If you only buy a bottle of drink, or something that you can put on your bag, you will refuse to buy the plastic bag. It will not damage or harm you anyway. If you add up the number, I am pretty sure that it will reduce the amount of plastic bag we produce.
Another changes is, the cashier in store will ask whether we bring our own grocery bag. They are not put your groceries in plastic bag directly. They will offer some alternative such as box as a replacement of plastic bag. If you buy a lot of stuff, rather than put in on 5 plastic bags and pay for Rp 1,000,- you can use boxes from the store, and it's free.
I know that it just a matter of habit. You just need to change the way you shop, you need to bring your own bag. A little change in every body will give impact to our environment. Now, I am trying to bring my bag and reduce the number of plastic bag I produce.
There are a lot of inspirations in YouTube. They pursue a zero waste lifestyle. I realized that it is pretty hard for me to do that. But, I will try to make a small change. This is the right time to change. Maybe the government regulation is such a reminder for us. We need to give more attention about the way we live, the lifestyle we did, the trash that we produced, and their impact into our earth.
I hope that this regulation can get a fully support from people and another cities will follow soon. The world is sick now, we need to treat him better by change our habit into green lifestyle. You don't need to do something complicated. Just change your small habit from now, and consistently do it every day, and spread the news to people around you. You will thank yourself later.
xoxo
Tidak ada komentar:
Posting Komentar