{"id":60769,"date":"2025-05-08T11:46:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T03:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/malaysia\/?p=60769"},"modified":"2025-05-08T11:49:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T03:49:12","slug":"for-the-of-love-nyonya-kuih","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/malaysia\/story\/60769\/for-the-of-love-nyonya-kuih\/","title":{"rendered":"For the of love nyonya kuih"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nyonya kuih<\/em> used to be my favourite food, but I haven\u2019t bought Nyonya kuih<\/em> in years \u2014 not because I don\u2019t love it, but because it almost always comes wrapped in Type 6 plastic nowadays, even in the dine-in kopitiam<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n

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For those unfamiliar, Type 6 (polystyrene) is one of the worst kinds of plastic: hard to recycle, non-biodegradable, and harmful to both health and the environment.

In Malaysia, only a few plastic types are “somewhat” recyclable \u2014 like Type 1 (used in beverage bottles), Type 2 (detergent bottles), and Type 5 (common in bubble tea packaging and tapao<\/em> packed food).

At least with those, I can clean and downcycle them when I am unable to avoid them. But when kuih<\/em> comes in Type 6, there are no alternatives. No reuse. No recycling. No redemption.

The more I learn about the power dynamics between governments, oil giants, and plastic producers, the more I see how our so-called \u201cfreedom of choice\u201d is an illusion. The system is designed to make it nearly impossible to live a single day without plastic \u2014 and the burden falls on ordinary people.

I remember talking to an Indigenous community who depends on bottled water, simply because they don\u2019t have access to clean water \u2014 and who have no choice but to burn plastic waste, since there is no waste collection service in their area.

When I explained why burning plastic waste is dangerous \u2014 to our bodies and to nature \u2014 they became frustrated and asked a question that still echoes in my mind:<\/p>\n\n

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“Who allowed this plastic to be produced in the first place?”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

That moment hit hard. It revealed a clarity I rarely hear in urban spaces.

Indigenous communities \u2014 often marginalised \u2014 are also the ones who most clearly recognize the violence of single-use plastics.

If you\u2019ve ever asked the same question \u2014 or if you\u2019re ready to take action \u2014 sign the petition calling for 75% reduction in production by 2040 globally through a strong Global Plastics Treaty that puts people and planet, before profit.

Let\u2019s end the age of plastic. Not just for ourselves \u2014 but for the generations to come.<\/p>\n

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