In an effort to curtail the amount of plastic waste produced by the Kingdom, the Department of Environmental Quality Promotion is asking the Thai public to reduce its plastic bag consumption by one bag per-person, per-day.
This campaign, in which the Department is joined by CP All, will encourage customers to forego plastic bags when purchasing only one item and to use only as many bags as are absolutely necessary when shopping.
The most shocking news to come out of this campaign (as promulgated by the National News Bureau of Thailand) is the announcement that Thai people consume an average of EIGHT PLASTIC BAGS PER DAY. Wow.
If the campaign is successful, it could reduce Thailand’s plastic bag output by roughly 67 million bags per day. Upon hearing this goal, the Indian Ocean Trash Gyre reportedly uttered a muffled scoff.
