News related to waste management and waste industries in Malaysia
UNHAPPY contractors in Shah Alam whose contracts have been extended for only two months from December last year are threatening to harm those who replaced them.They are also refusing to collect garbage unless their contracts are extended to a year.The situation has became a thorny issue for the Shah Alam City
Council (MBSA) as garbage has not been collected for more than a week now.
Monday, 26 September 2011
PUTRAJAYA: Syarikat-syarikat konsesi yang dilantik selaras dengan penswastaan pengurusan sisa pepejal dan pembersihan awam akan dipantau secara berterusan menggunakan Petunjuk Prestasi Utama (KPI).
Timbalan Menteri Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan, DatukSeri Lajim Ukin, berkata KPI itu akan menggariskan dengan jelas peraturan yang perlu dipatuhi semasa menjalankan aktiviti kutipan sisa termasuk tiada lecek jatuh daripada lori dan sisa pepejal daripada tong-tong sampah diambil dengan teratur.
Article from: Malaysiakini.”The of solid waste management under the Solid Waste and Urban Cleansing Management Act 2007 (Act 672), which came into effect on Sept 1, will not incur additional charges to consumers, Housing and Local Government Minister Chor Chee Heung said today.”
TANGGAL 1 September 2011 menandakan bermulanya penguatkuasaan Akta Pengurusan Sisa Pepejal dan Pembersihan Awam (Akta 672) yang akan membawa suatu transformasi kepada pengurusan sisa pepejal dan pembersihan awam negara demi menjadikan Malaysia sebuah negara yang bersih, indah dan sejahtera.
Perbadanan Pengurusan Sisa Pepejal dan Pembersihan Awam (PPSPPA) merupakanagensi ditubuhkan untuk memberikan perkhidmatan pengurusan sisa pepejal dan pembersihan awam yang efisien, bersepadu di samping memberikan kepuasan yang lebih baik kepada pengguna.
AT least we in Malaysia don’t have to do this where solid waste management is concerned: In a certain town in the Philippines, engaged couples must attend a lecture on solid waste management and tree planting in order to secure their marriage licence – all because of “the alarming issue of climate change and global warming and many couples are not even aware of the need to keep a balanced ecology”.
