News related to waste management and waste industries in Malaysia
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…
A Solid Waste Management and Public Cleansing Corporation (SWCorp) representative said the company would look into the rubbish, left along the side of Jalan Sultan Abdullah over the past three months by motorists who had stopped by the roadside to have their meals, even though there are two trash bins Read more…
The usage of products from the technology or even the automobile industry for example will yield a necessary by-product: waste that can then be processed by recyclers and will then be reused again and reintroduced into the product lifecycle or be processed into a commodity that can be sold to Read more…
NO compounds have been issued to joint management bodies and management committees of high-rise residential buildings since the enforcement period for the waste segregation at source policy started on Sept 1. Penang Island City Council (MBPP) Urban Services director Mubarak Junus said officers visited 224 high-rise schemes and 88 failed Read more…
MELAKA: Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council (MPHTJ) and Sirim Berhad are working together to introduce a green technology called Anaerobic Digestion System (ADS). Melaka housing, local government and environment committee chairman Datuk Ismail Othman said ADS could help lessen greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming as well as reduce Read more…
BUSINESS owners in Kuala Lumpur are still using petroleum-based plastic bags and polypropylene containers despite the ban coming into effect on Jan 1. The Federal Territories Ministry made it compulsory for all business owners in Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan to use only biodegradable and compostable plastic bags and food Read more…
IN a bid to reduce plastic waste, some eateries have stopped serving single-use plastic straws with their drinks. As an alternative, the Mockingbird Café in Kuala Lumpur serves their cold drinks with reusable stainless steel straws. “Stainless steel straws not only look trendy but it is also a good start Read more…
MIRI: All it took was just one morning session of beach cleaning along 2km of beachfront and riverbank near Lutong bazaar in Miri district and 460kg of waste was collected. The clean-up operation jointly carried out by the Miri City Council, Miri Community College and Miri Fire and Rescue Department yesterday Read more…