AFTER taking over a small section of the public cleansing services in Klang, KDEB Waste Management has identified the rampant indiscriminate dumping of rubbish by residents living in commercial areas as its biggest challenge. Its general manager Ramli Mohd Tahir said the irresponsible habit of residents affected the cleanliness of Read more…
MUI NE, Vietnam — An afternoon swim in the South China Sea along the southeast coast of Vietnam is not the pleasant experience a visitor might expect. Amid rainbow-colored fishing boats, plastics, of all sizes and forms, bob in emerald waters. Hotel resort beaches are cleaned meticulously, but it is an Read more…
MIRI: The city council needs to pay special attention to those who live near beaches and riverbanks, said Sarawak Assistant Tourism Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin. Speaking at the opening of a symposium held in conjunction with World Oceans Day celebration in Miri, Lee said Miri City Council (MCC) should educate Read more…
KOTA KINABALU: Saddened by the way people treated the ocean as a dumpsite, a group of 30 youths from Sabah, Sarawak and Brunei cleaned up a litter-strewn beach and came up with ideas to help conserve the environment. The participants of the Borneo Eco Warriors workshop from Brunei were especially shocked Read more…
DISCARDED coconut shells caught the attention of a group of Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) students in Kedah, prompting them to take the initiative to recycle them as charcoal. UUM’s Co and Coal project director Ho Cia Chen, 23, said coconut shells were usually thrown away indiscriminately due to a lack Read more…
SINGAPORE – From next month (Aug 1), the National Environment Agency (NEA) will begin licensing general waste-disposal facilities. This comes as the number of such facilities has steadily increased over the years, due to a rise in the volume of waste. There are now more than 300 general waste-disposal facilities Read more…
IT WAS the horrific sight of red welts and open sores that moved Amore-Pacific Malaysia Laneige brand general manager Foong Winnie and Global Peace Foundation chief executive officer Dr Teh Su Thye to do something for the children of Kampung Binjai, an orang asli village in Pahang. In sharing the Read more…
The World Plastics Council (WPC) applauded the Marine Litter Action Plan released by the G20 and commended states for “their commitment to substantially reduce marine litter and its impacts by 2025.” “This urgent issue requires all of us working together and we look forward to further collaboration with G20 member Read more…
Recycling the durable materials used for foodservice packaging into new fiber sources represents an untapped potential market, say manufacturers in the space. The bulk of these products are wasted because municipalities don’t realize they are recyclable, says Lynn Dyer, president of the Foodservice Packaging Institute (FPI). Yet most material recovery Read more…
AN AFP report last month quoted researchers saying that human medicines and household substances have been discovered in the blood of green turtles in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. This shows that even in a so-called developed country, people are unaware of the proper ways of disposing their leftover medicines. More Read more…