The bold steps of the Banjarmasin City Government in adopting the policy of prohibiting the use of plastic bags as stipulated in the Mayor Regulation Number 18 the Year of 2016 have now begun to be followed by dozens of other City Regencies in Indonesia. This has also made Banjarmasin called the first city in the Asia Pacific to implement the single-use plastic bag ban.
Since the existence of the mayor regulation regarding the ban on the use of plastic bags for retail and modern shops, the Banjarmasin government acknowledges the many challenges that the Banjarmasin Government has faced to make Banjarmasin residents and traders not use plastic bags and switch to bags that can be used repeatedly, such as using Purun baskets.
