PETALING JAYA: As Malaysia ranks highly for food waste in South-East Asia by the United Nations Environment Program¬me’s (UNEP) Food Waste Index 2024, a latest household survey pinpointed where the problem started.Source: The Star Read More: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2026/07/09/wastage-traced-to-poor-food-management
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia should introduce a law dedicated to food waste that targets major generators like supermarkets and hotels, while establishing a national system to reward public redistribution and recovery efforts, says a legal expert. Source: The Star Read More: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2026/07/09/calls-grow-for-food-waste-law
Sanitation contractor KDEB Waste Management (KDEBWM) is reinforcing its sustainability and circular economy agenda in Selangor through a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with TM Enviro Industries Sdn Bhd to enhance management of electronic waste. Source: The Star Read More:https://www.thestar.com.my/metro/metro-news/2026/07/06/sanitation-contractor-to-enhance-e-waste-management-in-sgor
PETALING Jaya City Council (MBPJ) is coming down harder on litterbugs and those dumping waste illegally. Between January and June, some 87 offenders were arrested with two court cases initiated and 213 compounds issued during the period. Source: The Star Read More: https://www.thestar.com.my/metro/metro-news/2026/07/01/mbpj-steps-up-anti-littering-illegal-dumping-campaign-and-enforcement-
It resembles a claw machine in a game arcade, magnified to industrial scale. Seated before a clear viewing panel, operators manoeuvre giant steel claws that hover over a sea of household waste, speckled with the familiar single-use plastic bags. Source: The Star Read More:https://www.thestar.com.my/esg/2026/06/26/malaysia-bets-on-waste-to-energy-technology
KUALA LUMPUR: Shopping malls that fail to provide recycling facilities will risk having their operating licences withheld or revoked under a new government directive making such facilities mandatory nationwide. Source: The Sun Read More:https://thesun.my/news/malls-must-provide-recycling-facilities-or-risk-losing-licences-nga/
KUANTAN: The General Operations Force’s southeast brigade detained a man and seized a range of items, including electronic waste (e-waste) components worth over RM6.48 million, during a raid on a factory in Gambang yesterday. Source: Free Malaysia Today Read More:https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/06/23/over-rm6mil-worth-of-items-seized-in-raid-on-e-waste-processing-factory
SINGAPORE – The 2030 targets for recycling and reducing waste in Singapore will be reviewed, in the wake of lacklustre recycling rates and a record high amount of trash being produced. Source: Straits Times Read More: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/environment/zero-waste-masterplan-to-be-reviewed-as-singapore-recycles-less-disposes-more
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian companies equipped with strong environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices and reporting standards will likely have a distinct competitive advantage and access to business opportunities in the European Union (EU) and other international markets, a sustainability reporting expert said today. Source: The Star Read More: https://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2026/06/17/esg-ready-malaysian-businesses-better-positioned-to-penetrate-eu-market-says-gri
SINGAPORE – Households will need to pay more for public waste collection from July 1. Source: Straits Times Read More: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/households-to-pay-more-for-waste-disposal-from-july-1