The Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) said in a statement yesterday that its inspectors did not find any shops violating the government’s plastic carrier bag charge scheme for retail businesses which came into force yesterday.
On the first day of the implementation of the levy scheme, the bureau yesterday dispatched a number of inspectors to check up on the scheme’s implementation across the city, the statement said, adding that the bureau concluded that yesterday’s launch was “generally smooth”.
During yesterday’s inspection round, the bureau found that promotional materials about the plastic carrier bag levy scheme were being displayed in clearly visible locations in most of the inspected retail outlets – as required by the newly-implemented plastic carrier bag charge scheme law, the statement said.
A public announcement about the plastic carrier bag levy scheme showing the one-pataca charge is displayed near the cash register counter in a restaurant in the city centre yesterday. Photo: Tony Wong
