International News
EPR in US set to kick off debate on state self-governance
In the move towards green growth and a resource efficient economy, Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is increasingly being recognised as an effective waste management policy. As municipal recycling costs have burgeoned, EPR as a concept introduced the idea of producers Read more…
International News
Seaweed: The answer to the plastic crisis?
In coming years, seaweed may revolutionise the packaging industry as we know it. Researchers and scientists in Norway and Indonesia have taken big strides with regards to developing seaweed-based packaging, eschewing the need for plastic. Nory Mulyono, head of the Read more…
Malaysia News
WMAM Training Series on the 30th June 2021
WMAM just its 2nd Training Series of the year with an overwhelming response. The training was attended by 100 participants from various industries and backgrounds. The session covered Effective Waste Collection & Optimisation with speakers from JPSPN, AMPM & KDEB Read more…
Malaysia News
DOE seizes equipment at recycling factory
TWO plastic recycling factories in Prai industrial area had their operational equipment seized during a raid by the Penang Department of Environment (DOE). Its director Sharifah Zakiah Syed Sahab said in the first raid, the premises was found to have Read more…
Malaysia News
PPE waste posing a big threat
PETALING JAYA: As the whole world battles the Covid-19 pandemic, the use of face masks has become a daily necessity but experts are increasingly concerned that the indiscriminate disposal of surgical face masks is harming wildlife. Macaques in Kuala Lumpur, Read more…
Exco Speaks
Let Us Save Malaysia!
ANSWERING the earlier calls from the Malaysian Association of Tour and Travel Agents (MATTA) to turn to Cuti-Cuti Malaysia to help the local domestic tourism industry, my family and I decided to spend a weekend at Redang Island recently. Interestingly, Read more…
Malaysia News
RIVERS | INTERCEPTOR™ 002 | Cleaning In Malaysia
The Ocean Cleanup develops technology to rid the world’s oceans of plastic. To do so, we need to not only clean up the plastic that is currently there, but also stop new plastic from entering the ocean via rivers. In Read more…
Malaysia News
Sweet Success: Molasses Used To Improve Treatment of Mature Leachate Wastewater
By Lee Yu Wee Trienekens (Sarawak) Sdn Bhd manages and operates the Kuching Integrated Waste Management Park – an integrated facility for the treatment and disposal of both municipal and hazardous waste. Located in Kuching, Sarawak; components include a Level Read more…
Malaysia News
Sweep dreams: 60-year-old street sweeper conferred N. Sembilan state award
KUALA PILAH: Never in her wildest dreams did street sweeper Chan Mun Thye think she would be officially honoured for her services, let alone be the recipient of a state award. But that is exactly what happened to the 60-year-old Read more…