MELAKA: The Melaka Solid Waste Management and Public Cleansing Corporation( SWCorp) will be zeroing

Territories Solid Waste Management and Public Cleansing Corporation( SWCorp) director Ummi Kalthum Shuib

Territories Solid Waste Management and Public Cleansing Corporation( SWCorp) director Ummi Kalthum Shuib

Waste Management and Public Cleansing Corporation Sdn Bhd( SWCorp) director Cairul Hisham Jalaluddin

ISKANDAR PUTERI: The Johor government has been urged to immediate shut down an illegal dumpsite near the Skudai-Pontian Highway, about 1km away from Ulu Choh Dirt Park. Persatuan Keadilan Pengguna Malaysia president R. Permal said that they received information on the illegal dumping site following a public tip-off in late December last year and conducted an investigation.He said they monitored the site and claimed that some of the waste was coming from Kulai.“ The waste dumped here consists of

PETALING JAYA: Malaysians are still wasting plenty of food, despite having to fork out more money for meals nowadays. Every day, we dumped 4, 081 tonnes of edible food – enough to fill one-and-a-half Olympic-sized swimming pools – last year nationwide. This number is out of the total 38, 219 tonnes of solid waste generated in Malaysia every day in 2021. ALSO READ: Some are still going to bed hungryTo put it simply, about 10% of the garbage we throw out every day is food that can still be eaten.

JELEBU: The Housing and Local Government Ministry has so far channelled RM5. 4mil through emergency allocation for clean-up work as well as collection and disposal of post-flood waste in five states affected by the disaster. Its minister, Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican( pic) said of the total, RM2. 9mil was channelled to Pahang, Selangor( RM2. 1mil), Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur( RM255, 671), Melaka( RM145, 196) and Negri Sembilan( RM23, 684), adding that the allocation may be incr

JOHOR BARU: The authorities are taking the pollution and illegal dumpsite issue in Taman Bukit Kempas seriously and are in the midst of identifying the appropriate measures to take, including seizing and forfeiting the land being used for such activities. District officer Datuk Abdul Rahman Salleh said he has since called for a meeting with all the relevant agencies to find a solution to the problem.“ We are looking at various acts or laws to use against these culprits as some of the structures

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians threw away 86.66 tonnes of face masks per day in 2020, says the Housing and Local Government Ministry.It said non-medical face masks, Covid-19 self-test kits and personal protective equipment( PPE) used by the public were categorised as domestic waste and not clinical waste, and therefore would be managed in accordance with the procedures recommended by the Health Ministry.“ The Covid-19 pandemic has led to a sharp increase in face mask, self-test kits and PPE usage, lea

KUALA LUMPUR: Another seven landslide incidents were reported by the Department of Minerals and Geoscience( JMG) on Friday( Dec 31), bringing the total number to 133 during the current northeast monsoon period. The National Disaster Management Agency( Nadma) said the total number of landslide incidents that occurred in Selangor is 55 cases, followed by Pahang( 42), Negri Sembilan( 17), Kuala Lumpur( eight), Sarawak( six), and Terengganu( three), with one each in Melaka and Sabah.It also said tha