Finally the City of Bogor Issues a Plastic Ban at the Shopping Center
Buletin Nasional . Regulation of Mayor of Bogor (Perwali) number 61 in 2018 contains the prohibition of plastic in modern shopping centers. According to Elia Buntang, Head of the Bogor City Environment Agency (DLH), the prohibition regulation starts from the easiest to set up in advance. From the regulation, the simultaneous form of plastic prohibition was carried out starting on Saturday (1/12) this year. According to him, the regulation has been socialized since last August and is still ongoing today. If it has been implemented, modern shopping centers in the city of Bogor will no longer provide plastic shopping to customers, but rather disposable shopping bags. "In early December (1/12), all modern shopping centers in the city of Bogor will use disposable shopping bags," Elia said on Thursday (11/22). According to him, from 700 tons of garbage per day in the city of Bogor, there are three percent of plastic waste collected. The amount is expected to be reduced by the exist