“A few months ago, I wondered how much of my plastic is really recyclable as I realised single-use plastics were more than shopping bags and straws.
So I decided to accumulate the single-plastics I used in my daily life. After several weeks’ worth of it, I contacted Vincent Chung, an ex-accountant turned recycling and upcycling entrepreneur who runs Artemis Space in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, that collects plastic waste from the surrounding community.
His assistant Kana Foo went through my collection and told me just about everything I had was not recyclable, at least not in Malaysia.
These included pantyliner fabric-cum-plastic backing, pill blister packs, aluminium-lined snack packets, food wrappers, cling film, clear plastic bags that contained new clothes, the packaging from courier companies (“The only thing that can be recycled is the paper with your name and address,” said Kana) and the glossy plastic from my Korean snail face masks.”
Shocking huh?
Read more at https://www.thestar.com.my/…/this-should-really-be-our-la…/…
