Trash Cash

I have yet to expand the article (Stop Nurturing this National Flower) to include how I imagined recycling should be in our country to reduce nature's primary enemy, plastics. Thanks for sharing your constructive experiences, they are truly inspiring coz I shall write to the newspaper regarding this long and thorough. By the way, it was just announced that Selangor needs a new dumping ground last Wednesday. Before we know it, each state needs to reserve one island or one mountain for its own garbage.

The idea that just came to my mind was, if liquid products which are fast moving that need to be stored in big plastic containers such as the softeners, detergents, can provide refills not by selling in sachets but by asking customers to bring back the bottles and refill it through cash operated drums. Just turn the tap, refill and go.

Supermarkets should start having a 'Refill Centre'.

It is understandable that packaging helps them with mind share, so be it, just make sure customers bring back actual container. It would be great if all soft drinks carry out the same thing too for big bottle purchases, that includes the various brand of mineral waters.Yes, we should start charging customers for plastic bag requests, the environment is more important than mind share in this case.