Let's Go Green!

Sepanjang saya belajar di England in the late 90s dulu, memang fenomena biasa pergi shopping bawa beg sendiri. Rasanya jarang sangat lah guna plastik kalau setakat nak shopping groceries. Seingat saya dulu banyak supermarket yang dah kenakan bayaran for each plastic we require. That was long before Malaysia implemented this effort.

So bila balik ke Malaysia pun, dah agak terbiasa sumbat-sumbat barang dalam beg sendiri. Dulu saya suka the green bag Cold Storage, kuat kukuh. Pendek kata boleh sumbat apa saja. Now ni Selangor dah implement free plastic on Saturday, what a great effort! Kita mungkin rasa benda kecik using plastic ni, sebab kita tak nampak the effect immediately. That's why kadang-kadang kita take advantage and tak berusaha sungguh-sungguh nak implement. dan kita tak perasan pun kematian animals yang termakan plastic (lepas animals tu mati dan dah reput, plastik masih tak reput-reput).

Speaking about plastic ni, semalam, saya tak ada plan pun sebenarnya nak beli groceries. But later on masa tengah berjalan teringat nak beli toothbrush yang dah due for replacement, so masuklah Carrefour kejap. Alang-alang dah masuk ke Carrefour, stock up lah food supply kan. Masalahnya bila tak ada plan nak bershopping, of course I didn't bring my bag. So, terpaksa lah membeli plastic because I can't just stuff those wet things in my handbag!

Hari ni masa kemas-kemas barang baru perasan - the plastic provided by Carrefour is biodegradable. Excellent! So lepas ni boleh recycle plastic ni buat letak-letak barang. Best kan, the awareness dah semakin berkembang kat Malaysia ni. Nanti lepas ni, mungkin all the supermarkets tak guna plastic ke kan.. then it will be awesome!