News related to waste management and waste industries in Malaysia
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…
Our planet is dying – even our children are aware of this reality – yet we are doing very little to help save it. Our air is polluted and our environment, food and water sources are being destroyed. A major concern is the plastic that is in our food sources, Read more…
Food wastage is a growing problem here, and SWCorp Malaysia revealed in their report that Malaysians waste 15,000 tonnes of food per day – in which 8,000 tonnes is avoidable food waste, with 3,000 tonnes of food going to landfills being edible – and enough to feed around two million Read more…
MIRI: Stop blaming the city council for the dirty state of affairs in Miri city and play your part in curbing the blatant rubbish-dumping. That is the frank advice to residents, traders and shopkeepers as well as operators of eateries, businesses and factories in Miri from Sarawak Assistant Tourism and Read more…
KOTA KINABALU: World Wildlife Fund-Malaysia and city hall are organising a workshop to train people in Inanam here to become river rangers.Mayor Datuk Yeo Boon Hai said the local authority supported the River Rangers programme as it was in line with its vision to make the city clean, green and Read more…