Disposable bag charge sends signal that everyone plays part in sustainability efforts: Grace Fu

[cannonmaster]

Plastic bag really ish one of the top environment sustainability concern? Any experts know?

 

[watzup_ken]

Seems like the solution to every problem... is to Pay and Pay...

Only that they are paying with taxpayers money, and citizens still need to pay them and pay extra for nothing. You look at the solar panels that they installed on HDB, etc, and they call it “sustainable”. There may be installed on the top of the HDB, but I don’t think they benefit the people staying in the block because they pay the same electric tariffs as anyone else. So just put for the sake of ticking “in” boxes to impress people, but 0 benefit for people. Again, these are taxpayers’ money.

 

[Medicated Oil]

Only that they are paying with taxpayers money, and citizens still need to pay them and pay extra for nothing. You look at the solar panels that they installed on HDB, etc, and they call it “sustainable”. There may be installed on the top of the HDB, but I don’t think they benefit the people staying in the block because they pay the same electric tariffs as anyone else. So just put for the sake of ticking “in” boxes to impress people, but 0 benefit for people. Again, these are taxpayers’ money.

All the benefits of solar panels are flown back to them to cover the capital cost and maintenance cost.
Any additional savings will become part of the coffers.
The benefits dun come to the livestock even though we are paying for everything.

 

[ALZW94]

How does charging for plastic bag help?
Why not target the manufacturers of plastic bags? At the end of the day if they still keep producing plastic bags then it serves no purpose to charge consumers??

 

[Medicated Oil]

How does charging for plastic bag help?
Why not target the manufacturers of plastic bags? At the end of the day if they still keep producing plastic bags then it serves no purpose to charge consumers??

They are helping their own supporters who may be the boss of making the plastic bags.

 

[RedEyesFan]

Maybe burning Trash Fu up is a way better solution.

 

[m/mink]

If you're serious about it, ban plastic bags altogether, don't even give the option of paying for it at check out.

 

[blackie83]

We go buy the plastic bags and throw got diff meh?

 

[sales69]

We go buy the plastic bags and throw got diff meh?

Money goes into different pocket, just not ours.

 

[OdualO]

Plastic bag really ish one of the top environment sustainability concern? Any experts know?

In singapore, based solely on supermarket plastic bag charges, No. NEA expect us to bag our bags before throwing. Most of us live in apartment and need plastic bags to throw our trash everyday. Your plastic bags HAVE to come from somewhere. They can even charge you $1 but it still not going to go any greener since you still have to throw your trash. It's just greenwashing by government.

 

[radish]

grace fu is talking rubbish. wat cheap talk on sustainability is pure social virtue signalling.

bag charge is adding additional cost on peasants. we are not like her earning million dollars. i for one reuse all the plastic bag to keep stuff to throw trash for YEARS.

its not like we are wasting bags and supermarkets do not give us excess, only enough for our groceries.

 

[pwongkk]

If and when PAP loses 5 GRCs in 2025 GE and the voters feedback is because of Grace Fu's idea to charge for plastic bags in supermarkets. Then PAP will reverse the rule or modify the rule in a face saving way.
There will be black, sullen and angry faces during the press conference after the GE results.

This has happened before.
A very long time ago, (I think) Govt forbid the burning of ancestor worship joss papers on Singapore pavements and grass patches. The reasons were solid and good - health, cleanliness, safety. All justifiable.
But then in one GE, they lost Anson constituency; and public feedback was because of that rule.
After the election loss of Anson immediately the rule was modified. They provide specially made bins to burn those joss papers.

For this Grace Fu idea to charge for plastic bags, wait and see what happens.

So many if them come up stupid ideas, till want to give them X also difficult.

 

[Zorroh]

Please lah 5 cents to save the world? We should make it at least $5 per bag. Taxi and bus consumers must pay carbon tax
Every bus interchange we must erect this statue: