"For metropolitan cities, it is too cheap," the mayor stated here, Sunday.
The price will be evaluated in June 2016, and he hopes that it would be increased to more than Rp two thousand per bag.
"It should be higher than the charge for using public toilets at Rp two thousand, I think," he noted.
As the mayor of Bandung, which is a shopping tourism destination, Kamil has expressed his support to the governments policy to charge shoppers who ask for plastic bags.
Most of the waste in the capital of West Java comprises plastic, according to a survey conducted by the citys urban planning unit.
"A study conducted by the urban planning unit revealed that floods in Bandung were caused by wastes blocking the sewage system, and 70 percent of the waste was plastic," Kamil remarked.
It is time to encourage the people to carry their own shopping bags to markets, he added.
Effective from February 21, customers in 23 cities have to pay for the plastic bags they use to take home their purchases.(*)
Editor: Heru Purwanto
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