The Penang state government has decided to make the first Monday of every week a “No Plastic Bag Day”, in essence making shoppers pay RM0.20 for each plastic bag in participating stores. According to a survey of six major supermarkets conducted by the government, the combined total of plastic bag used in 2008 was 25.2 [...]
Archive of posts tagged Environment
Earth Hour – Goal, Achievement and Hype
The content of this post has lingered on my mind for the past few days, and hence this post is long overdue. However, I needed time to do the research, and as any avid Wikipedia reader will tell you, one could end up spending hours on completely unrelated topic. Before and after Earth Hour, there [...]
Conserving Natural Resources
I have to say that television is a big influence on my life, my view and my mentality. One of the most influential and important channel available to me was Discovery Channel, through Astro. I have no idea how or when I started watching it. But I vaguely remember one night when I left Astro [...]