BEING a Klangite (and a proud one, I may add), any little news article on the royal town catches my eye. The news that’s been doing its rounds on social media is of course the recent crocodile sighting in Sungai Read more…
SINGAPORE: It took four hours of “intensive” firefighting by 200 Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) firefighters to extinguish an enormous fire involving chemical waste and flammable materials at a waste management plant on Thursday morning (Feb 23). At the Read more…
S Puvaneswary, Kuala Lumpur, February 15, 2017 Sustainable consumption as a solution to waste minimisation will be the centre of focus at the 28th edition of the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) World Congress 2018, to be held from October Read more…
Greetings from the Waste Management Association of Malaysia! We are pleased to inform that WMAM will be organizing the 4th Waste Management Association of Malaysia (WMAM) Annual Conference on the 6th & 7th April 2017 with the theme “Holistic Waste Read more…
DEADLINE to submit a proposal: January 31, 2017 The 2017 ISWA World Congress and WASTECON will share the theme, “No Time to Waste!” This theme illustrates the urgency with which the waste and resource management sector must respond to the Read more…
Greetings from the Waste Management Association of Malaysia! We are pleased to inform you the new dates for the Kyushu Renewable Energy and Environmental Industry Promotion Association (K-RIP) Business to Business Meeting and Technical visits to Waste Management Facilities in Read more…
Mohamad Yasid pouring used cooking oil (UCO) into a recycling container at a UCO workshop. RESTAURANTS in Klang will soon be prohibited from pouring used cooking oil (UCO) into the drain. Effective March 1 this year, Klang Municipal Council’s (MPK) Read more…
A NEW landfill for bulk waste, run by the Kajang Municipal Council (MPKj) near Sungai Semenyih, is fast turning into an illegal dumpsite for domestic and industrial wastes. Despite the “Tapak Pelupusan Sampah Pukal” sign in the area declaring Read more…