News related to waste management and waste industries in Malaysia
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…
TEAMS from five schools presented their green initiatives conducted in the last two months at the closing ceremony of the MPMA-Dow-GEC River Ranger Programme 2017 at Sri Bestari International School, Kuala Lumpur. The programme run by Global Environment Centre (GEC), saw a partnership with the Malaysian Plastics Manufacturers Association (MPMA) Read more…
Residents and local leaders want the government to be transparent about the proposed waste-to-energy plant and its Environment Impact Assessment results. Kepong folk especially, were sceptical about the project and urged the Government to reveal details of the plant. Kepong Community Service Centre head Yee Poh Ping, who had been Read more…
FIRST off, congratulations are in order to the Selangor state government for finally approving the Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM) facility next to the Jeram landfill in Kuala Selangor. This will include a waste-to-energy (WTE) plant, a recycling plant, anaerobic digestion plant, compost plant, construction waste recycling site and a Read more…