When I was growing up in Sabah, I can vividly remember how groceries and foodstuff were almost always stuffed into some sort of plastic bags and wraps. Groceries were usually packed into large paper bags, which people hugged or ferried with pushcarts to their cars. Oh well, perhaps there is a second use of the plastic bags — as garbage disposal bags. In many coastal settlements of Sabah, I have seen residents stuffing garbage into plastic bags, and then flinging the usually tied bags into the sea! Perhaps they were expecting that the rising tides would “do nature’s course” and wash away these garbage bags.

Source: Manila Times January 14, 2020 16:58 UTC