<figure id="attachment_3058528" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3058528" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-3058528" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/3facd1bb-plastic-bag-envato-elements-pic-140525-1.webp" alt="plastic bag" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3058528" class="wp-caption-text">Acting natural resources and environmental sustainability minister Johari  Ghani said the government has already implemented a 20 sen pollution charge on single-use plastic bags at all permanent business premises. (Envato Elements pic)</figcaption></figure>
PETALING JAYA: Single-use plastic bags will be banned at all permanent business premises from Jan 1, says acting natural resources and environmental sustainability minister Johari Ghani.
Johari said the decision was made at a meeting of environment ministers and state executive councillors responsible for the environment.
He was responding in a parliamentary reply to Ngeh Koo Ham (PH-Beruas), who asked about the government&#8217;s efforts to curtail microplastics in the environment.
Johari noted that under the Roadmap Towards Zero Single-Use Plastics 2018-2030, the government has already implemented a 20 sen pollution charge on single-use plastic bags at all permanent business premises.
“This charge is based on the user-pays principle to prevent and discourage the use of single-use plastics and their unregulated disposal, and to reduce microplastic pollution,” he said.
“The implementation of this ban will improve upon this pollution charge.”

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Ban on single-use plastic bags at all permanent business premises from Jan 1

This will improve on the 20 sen pollution charge, says acting natural resources and environmental sustainability minister Johari Ghani.

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