# Supermarket plastic bag charge: Why public trust matters in Singapore's sustainability push

An episode of [Deep Dive](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1491441787), 25 Feb 2026, 25 min.

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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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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