News related to waste management and waste industries in Malaysia
Back in 2015, Malaysia had taken the major step to develop an electronic waste (e-waste) management, the first in South East Asia, after it was revealed that Malaysia is estimated to generate 53 million pieces of e-waste by 2020. During the launch of the Household E-Waste Management in the Malaysia Read more…
RUBBISH piling up near Jalan Othman in Petaling Jaya is worsening, said a resident. The resident said the increasing volume of rubbish had attracted rodents and cockroaches. “Even with on-time rubbish collection, it does not solve the problem as residents in this area accumulate rubbish quickly. “Until the next collection, Read more…
OCTOBER 13 — The importance of freshwater supply and safely-treated wastewater return must be exaggerated and over emphasised in Malaysia especially in urban areas. Despite being blessed with abundance of rainfall, water must be managed efficiently to ensure its sustainability and also to cater to demands for the generations to Read more…
A month ago, my column mentioned that Ipoh City Council had done a good job in maintaining cleanliness. However, compared with many other countries, Malaysian towns and cities are still not considered clean. There is still a dire need for Malaysians and the local authorities to make all human settlements, Read more…
Residents at Impian Villas@Mont Kiara now claim that the 1.2ha area has once again turned into an illegal dumpsite over the past few months. Now, the residents also fear that open burning will take place at the landfill. Speaking for his constituents, Segambut MP Lim Lip Eng said aside from Read more…
Villagers of Kampung Baru Kinta Valley claimed that they had not been able to celebrate Deepavali in peace since a poultry farm was set up nearby about 10 years ago.They also claimed that flies started swarming whenever chickens were being transported out of the farm – located some 500m away Read more…
Landfilling is a very popular method of household waste disposal mainly because it is “cheap”, compared to an incinerator plant, in which the government would have to pay a significantly higher “service fee” for treating the waste. In comparison to Europe, it is expensive to dispose of waste into a Read more…
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the world’s largest biomass producers, Mrs. Zurina Amnan, said Bionas would implement five blocks of 10,000 hectares in cultivating jathropa in five locations to produce biomass and biofuel. She said they planned to invest in waste-to-energy plant where 1,000 pound of garbage daily would Read more…
EACH year over 12 hectares of land is needed to dump the 7,000 tonnes of waste generated in Selangor every day. The authorities are finding it hard to find replacement landfills, and are fast looking for alternatives for waste management. For years the country toyed with the idea of incinerators, Read more…
Sabah Police Criminal Investigation Department Deputy Chief ACP Jauteh Dikun said the physical exhibits of previous crime cases, from 2002 to 2014, will be passed to a licensed contractor under the Environmental Department and shipped off to disposal sites in the peninsula or Sarawak. Jauteh hoped other district police offices Read more…