The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) in collaboration with The Mall Group Company Limited pushes forward in inviting the public to join the campaign "Do Good Deeds with the Heart, Reduce Receiving, Reduce Giving, Reduce Using Plastic Bags" to solve the problem of plastic waste. This campaign urges people to start modifying their lifestyle and behavior and use cloth bags or environmentally friendly bags instead of using single-use plastic bags and foam boxes. From 1st January 2020 onward, the leading department stores and big retailers, over 46 stores nationwide who have joined this campaign, will stop handing out single-use plastic bags to their customers and target Thailand ending the use of single-use plastic bags by 2021. This is for a better quality of life, be more environmentally conscious and to be a more sustainable country.

On 6th October 2019 at 5.00 PM, Mr. Varawut Silpa-archa, the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, along with Mr. Yutthaphon Ankinandana the Advisor to the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Mr. Thanetphon Thanaboonyawat the Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Mr. Chatuporn Burutpat the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of the Natural Resources and Environment led the senior management executives, officials under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment as well as The Mall Group Company Limited executives in a campaign to distribute cloth bags to the public under the activity "Do Good Deeds with the Heart, Reduce Receiving, Reduce Giving, Reduce Using Plastic Bags" at Gourmet Market, G Floor, Siam Paragon Shopping Complex, Bangkok.

In the past, the Ministry has strived to reduce and stop using unnecessary plastic and single-use plastics under the project "Do Good with the Heart, Reduce Environmental Hazards," especially in collaboration with the private sector, department stores, convenience stores and fresh markets nationwide which use a large number of plastic bags, by signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) "Do Good Deeds with the Heart, Reduce Receiving, Reduce Giving, Reduce Using Plastic Bags" with the private network partners which started from 21st July 2018 – 31st August 2019. Regarding this collaboration, the use of single-use plastic bags has been reduced by more than 2 billion bags or approximately 5,755 tons, worth more than 400 million baht as well as collecting donated cloth bags, more than 8,000 being given to hospitals.