PETALING JAYA: About 400 tonnes – or the weight of four blue whales – that’s the average weight of Covid-19 clinical waste generated every month in Malaysia this year. Examples include personal protective equipment( PPE) worn by frontliners, syringes, used test swabs, body fluid and food waste from quarantine centres, said the Department of Environment( DOE). The mountain of clinical waste is pushing treatment facilities to the limit in Malaysia. But this may soon change with food waste and cont