News related to waste management and waste industries in Malaysia
TWO banana leaf restaurants and a Chinese kopitiam in Seksyen 5 Petaling Jaya were ordered to close operations for being dirty in a morning raid by Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) health officers. The three eateries – Restoran Gasing, Raju’s restaurant and Sri Paandi restaurant – are all located in Read more…
2018 MIECF, organised by the Macao government and supported by the Central Government of China, will be held on 12 to 14 April 2018 with the main theme in “Shaping of Eco-Cities for Inclusive Green Economy”. The green collaboration opportunities within the “Belt and Road” Region, Mainland China, Greater Bay Area and Europe would be Read more…
KUALA LUMPUR: When Seah Kian Hoe was just 10 years old, he would jump on the back of his parent’s small truck during school holidays and help them collect scrap, going door-to-door around neighbourhoods in the southern state of Johor. Read More
HAVE you seen rubbish or cigarette butts thrown of a car window? Or worse still, have you had the misfortune of rubbish tossed out of a high-rise building landing on you? I was at an assignment at a PPR flat in Kota Damansara, Petaling Jaya, when a “projectile” landed just Read more…
THE first recycling cabin in Shah Alam set up in Setia Alam less than a month ago is being misused. The cabin, placed in the Setia Alam Central Park carpark, off Jalan Setia Indah U13/10 was meant for recyclables such as paper and glass. However,bulk waste, non-recyclable items and recyclables Read more…
CORPORATE social responsibility (CSR) can be seen in many forms and for 3R Quest Sdn Bhd director Jerome Heah, it is about being able to lead the way for people to appreciate the environment better. Heah firmly believes that CSR is not just about writing cheques. His company, which offers Read more…
Instead of discarding your faulty gadgets, fix them yourself by attending the free KakiRepair workshops. As electronics become more complex, the answer to what to do with a busted piece of hardware is increasingly becoming “just toss it”.DIY advocate Johnson Lam reckons that planned obsolescence is a growing trend but that Read more…
PLASTIC bags have been getting a bad reputation lately. Last year, four states in Malaysia – Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Johor and Melaka – came up with a ruling to replace petroleum-based plastic bags with biodegradable alternatives. Despite many hiccups in the implementation of the new ruling both for residential and Read more…
As the Christmas festivities beckon, how will we deal with all that extra packaging? Will we end up producing a mountain of rubbish? This is the subject of Malaysia’s First Zero Waste Fest on Dec 23, Saturday in Kuala Lumpur Read More
IRRESPONSIBLE restaurateurs are dumping used cooking oil and garbage down the drain, creating an unsightly situation in the backlanes of Jalan Setia Indah X U13/X Setia Alam in Shah Alam. Emitting a foul stench, the drains are clogged with a thick layer of solidified oil that prevents water from flowing Read more…