ANSWERING the earlier calls from the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) to turn to Cuti-Cuti Malaysia to help the local domestic tourism industry, my family and I decided to spend a weekend at Redang Island recently. Interestingly, I was not alone at all in answering to this Read more…
The Ocean Cleanup develops technology to rid the world’s oceans of plastic. To do so, we need to not only clean up the plastic that is currently there, but also stop new plastic from entering the ocean via rivers. In order to clean the world’s 1000 most polluting rivers, we Read more…
By Lee Yu Wee Trienekens (Sarawak) Sdn Bhd manages and operates the Kuching Integrated Waste Management Park – an integrated facility for the treatment and disposal of both municipal and hazardous waste. Located in Kuching, Sarawak; components include a Level 4- Sanitary Landfill, a Secure Landfill, a Leachate Wastewater Treatment Read more…
KUALA PILAH: Never in her wildest dreams did street sweeper Chan Mun Thye think she would be officially honoured for her services, let alone be the recipient of a state award. But that is exactly what happened to the 60-year-old at the Istana Besar Seri Menanti here, where she was Read more…
For over two decades, many developed countries have sent massive amounts of plastic wastes to China for recycling. But that option is drying up following a Chinese ban on rubbish imports this year, forcing countries, particularly developed nations, to seriously rethink how to process their unwanted materials – a question Read more…
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 the World Congress of the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA). Some Read more…
PUTRAJAYA: Plastic straws will be banned in all the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan from Jan 1 next year. Ministry secretary-general Datuk Seri Adnan Mohd Ikhsan said businesses which are still found to be using plastic straws in 2019 risk having their business licences terminated. “Business owners Read more…
KUALA LUMPUR: The federal territories ministry hopes to clear the “teh tarik” Klang river by 2020 as part of the previous government’s initiatives under the River of Life project. Its minister Khalid Samad said this was to facilitate activities there and increase the value of land near the river. At Read more…
GEORGE TOWN: The sea in Batu Ferringhi became so polluted that it turned brackish grey, but there was no one to blame. Instead of an emerald sea, beach- goers were greeted yesterday with cloudy water all along the 2km tourism belt. The grey water that framed the shoreline along the Read more…
KUALA LUMPUR: Local waste management experts are confident Malaysia can shift to a circular economy where reduction, reuse and recycling of resources prevail for the benefit of the environment. At least one trade organisation, the Malaysian Plastics Manufacturers Association (MPMA), is already taking the necessary steps in that direction. The Read more…