Illegal Dumping In Malaysia

Kuala lumpur dec 22 the illegal dumping of toxic waste into the indah water konsortium iwk sewer by irresponsible parties has been determined to be the cause of odour pollution at the sungai semenyih water treatment plant.

Illegal dumping in malaysia. Sahabat alam malaysia members protest against the illegal dumping of waste at a reclaimed mangrove forest in batu maung penang. Less than 15 of the 146 active landfills are sanitary says ho. Due to the excessive waste dumping in malaysia minister of energy science technology environment and climate change yb yeo bee yin has decided to take preemptive action by returning 3000 tonnes of plastic waste back to 14 countries of its origin one of them being canada. Seberang perai oct 27 the seberang perai city council mbsp has implemented an action plan to stop illegal dumping of waste especially at certain remote areas.

The 2019 kim kim river toxic pollution is a water pollution incident that occurred on 7 march 2019 caused by illegal chemical waste dumping at the kim kim river in pasir gudang of johor in malaysia the illegal dumping released toxic fumes affecting 6 000 people and hospitalising 2 775. Announcing this today in a statement the national water services. The vast majority of landfills in malaysia are open air pits. Two percent was recycled leaving the remaining 56 percent to be dumped.

Malaysia said a total of a total of 3 737 metric tonnes of unwanted waste had been sent back to 13 countries including 43 containers to france 42 to the uk 17 to the united states and 11 to. Malaysia s illegal dumping sites pose a big challenge plastic waste site as big as six football fields found in penang as nation battles widespread problem. Most of the victims were school students 110 schools located near the river were subsequently closed. The thing is the illegal dumping of waste.

Malaysia only has a handful of landfills which are classified as sanitary. Mbsp mayor datuk rozali mohamud said there were five components under the action plan the first of which was setting up of a community and security unit consisting of auxiliary police and traffic wardens. Malaysia has discovered 110 containers of illegally dumped toxic waste in what authorities are calling the biggest finding of its kind in the country s history according to state media bernama. As a result most of it is going into landfills.