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1 day ago · After all, the message about the 3Rs – reduce, reuse and recycle – has been around since the 1990s, and the government has held campaign after campaign about it, but the recycling rate has only inched up each year while piles of garbage continue to lay waste to our quality of life.
5 days ago · Inspired by the waste found on the beaches of Langkawi, Rebecca Yau, founder of social enterprise Ekha Langkawi wants to make upcycling fun through arts and crafts by turning waste - primarily plastic bags and discarded cotton t-shirts - into sustainable fashion.
4 days ago · Norlin said environmentally friendly e-waste management could help the government save RM60mil a year and RM22.8mil a year in recycling cost, besides being able to reduce e-waste at solid waste landfills by up to 56,000 tonnes a year.
1 day ago · This loophole was finally closed in August 2019. Malaysia has a recycling capacity of 515,009 tonnes but imports an average of 835,000 tonnes of plastic waste each year, in addition to an estimated 2.4 million tonnes of domestic plastic waste. The import of plastic waste has led to severe environmental and health impacts, with local communities ...
1 day ago · GEORGE TOWN, July 15 – In a significant step towards sustainability, the Penang State Government, spearheaded by EXCO for Social Development, Welfare and Non-Islamic Affairs, YB Lim Siew Khim, has launched a Recycling Station at the Penang Homeless Transit Centre. This initiative, supported by Penang Green Council, Council Members Benji Ang ...
3 days ago · To curb this problem, factory owners must implement water treatment and recycling programmes that conform to industry standards or employ other methods to ensure that the effluents into river conform with the Environmental Quality Act standards enforced by the Department of Environment ( DOE ).
4 days ago · When Nestle tweaked its plastic packaging goals in 2022, few noticed. The shift in language on the website of the world’s largest food maker pledged to mostly use plastic “designed for” recycling by 2025 rather than only use “recyclable” or reusable packaging by next year — its original commitment. The subtle rewording, highlighted ...
