Offering More Than 700 Sustainable Products and Inculcating a Recycling Program In-Store in collaboration with the Waste Management Association of Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR, 9 February 2023: In conjunction with Watsons 29 years in Malaysia, Watsons Malaysia recently revealed its first greener concept store at The Tropika, Bukit Jalil with more Read more…
SINGAPORE – Environmentalists and green groups are perplexed by a recent social experiment by the National Environment Agency (NEA) which seemed to generate more waste while raising awareness about the impact of disposable ware on the environment. Last Saturday, a coffee booth doubling as a giant installation was set up Read more…
PETALING JAYA: Two firemen suffered injuries when trying to put out a fire at a factory processing recycled goods in Ria Jaya Industrial Park, Sungai Petani, Kedah. Both firemen were rushed to Sultan Abdul Halim Hospital for treatment. They were among 56 firefighters who were dispatched to the scene. One Read more…
Source: Kementerian Sumber Asli, Alam Sekitar Dan Perubahan Iklim Malaysia has sent back 19 containers containing smuggled e-waste from overseas to the origin countries this year. The containers were sent back to the United States, Spain, Australia, Belgium and Japan – Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change Minister Nik Nazmi Read more…
SERI KEMBANGAN: Kerajaan Selangor akan meluluskan segera peruntukan hampir RM3 juta bagi merawat dan membersihkan kawasan seluas lebih sembilan hektar yang dijadikan tapak pelupusan sampah haram di Bukit Serdang di sini, yang menjadi punca bau busuk hingga menjejaskan lebih 10,000 penduduk di sekitarnya. Proses rawatan dan pembersihan itu pula memerlukan Read more…
WASHINGTON: Plastic recycling rates are declining even as production shoots up, according to a Greenpeace USA report out today that blasted industry claims of creating an efficient, circular economy as “fiction.” Titled Circular Claims Fall Flat Again, the study found that of the 51 million tonnes of plastic waste generated Read more…
Malaysians still have a lot to learn about solid waste management. FROM Oct 22 to Oct 24, an important world event, which took place at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, almost went unnoticed by the general public. The event was the congregation of the best in the waste management industry at Read more…
Human activity has increased with the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions, resulting in pollution levels at rivers rising to alarming levels. Universiti Malaysia Terengganu Faculty of Science and Marine Environment associate professor Dr Ong Meng Chuan said Environment Department figures show that 195 rivers in Malaysia were slightly polluted while 34 Read more…
The Penang Environment Department (DOE) has issued an Equipment Operation Detention order to a facility that was recycling batteries illegally at Ara Kuda here. State DOE director Sharifah Zakiah Syed Sahab said the facility, a former plastic manufacturing factory, was found recycling used cadmium and lithium batteries. It was raided Read more…