Recently, Singaporean universities have taken steps to go green. While many have welcomed such initiatives, some found them to be quite burdensome and inconvenient.

Imagine making your way down to the campus supermarket with a long list of groceries to get. But as you’re checking out, you realised you forgot about the plastic-free policy and you didn’t bring your own grocery bag. And still need to pay 20 cents for every plastic bag you use? Siao liao, only got two hands, how to carry everything?! ;’0

Or you could be at Koufu, getting a nice cold cup of teh bing to enjoy. But when the Koufu auntie passes it to you, and you purse your lips to take your first sip of the sweet milky goodness only to taste the nothingness of the humid air, you realise, “HUH NO STRAW????”. Siao liao, how to enjoy sia?! ;'0

These could be some of the challenges we, university students, face when the plastic-free policy first got implemented. But don’t worry uni kids! We hear you, and we’ve come up with some suggestions to help you combat these policies.