Supermarket plastic bag fee: Why public trust matters in Singapore's sustainability push | Deep Dive

Where does your five-cent plastic bag charge actually go? Steven Chia and Tiffany Ang unpack Singapore's supermarket carrier bag fee after reports that some retailers used the proceeds for business operations. Cheang Kok Chung from the Singapore Environment Council and Professor Lawrence Loh from NUS Business School join this week’s Deep Dive podcast to talk about what "green" spending should look like and how transparency shapes public trust in Singapore's green efforts. Highlights: 02:06 Where should the proceeds from the plastic bag fees go? 04:01 Operational costs or sustainability push? 06:21 Is it good PR for the supermarkets? 07:34 The point is to give autonomy to the supermarkets 09:46 There are '50 shades of green’ 13:29 Should we expect corporations to do more when going green? 16:21 Is this greenwashing? 17:34 Need for a wider understanding of what it means to go green 20:04 Public reaction shows certain norms are appearing Subscribe to our channel here: https://cna.asia/youtubesub Visit our website: https://cna.asia Download our app: https://cna.asia/app Get our editors' picks of stories via chat apps: Telegram: https://cna.asia/telegram WhatsApp: https://cna.asia/whatsapp Follow us on these platforms:   / channelnewsasia     / channelnewsasia     / channelnewsasia