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confirmed the effect of these regulations as they have gathered promising data of

many cafes in Korea using paper straws, biodegradable straws, or drinkable lids

without straws. In addition, the policy focusing on the overuse of plastic bags has

been implemented. Korean government revised this law and banned the use of

plastic bags in supermarkets. It has since proved to be an effective measure as

there was a significant decrease in the consumption of plastic bags. Statistically,

the government’s goal is to stop at least 13,000 places in South Korea from using

disposable plastic bags. Evidence suggests that widely known franchised bakeries

such as Paris Baguette and Tous Les have successfully played a part in achieving

this goal by charging consumers for their disposable plastic bags, which were one

of the biggest culprits in plastic consumption the year before with a record of 230

million plastic bags used. This is because the extra charge encouraged many

consumers to bring their own reusable shopping bags instead of using the plastic

bags provided.

To this end, through the research on the regulations of Korea and Singapore,

our team was able to find that both countries are adopting the top-down

method;they are trying to control the industrial manufacture of the plastic products,

to regulate the use of the plastic products at consumer level. Based on the literature

review, our research team decided to use quantitative and qualitative method to

find the most ideal solution among the contrived solutions.

The solution consists of the targeting two main products, plastic straws and

plastic bags. For each target product, we considered introducing eco-friendly

alternatives, and hence, emphasizing the necessity of the regulation of plastic

production in plastic usage prominent areas. These come in the form of three

options.

i. Regulate the use of plastic bags in supermarket

ii. Replace the plastic straws with paper straw

iii. Replace the plastic bags with recyclable paper bags

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