Recycling Rate In Malaysia

Wednesday 17 june 2020 1200 report on the survey of environmental protection expenditure 2019.

Recycling rate in malaysia. Recovery rate for recycling of municipal solid waste in the united states 2017 u s. The solid waste management and public cleansing corporation swcorp has increased its recycling rate target in the seven states under its supervision to 40 by 2025. Municipal solid waste recycling per person 1960 2017 u s. That s around half of the number that americans recycle at and significantly lower than the rates of some european countries more than 60 percent.

While the recycling rate across the country has gone up to 24 6 last year from 21 in 2017 this is still far below world leader germany where the rate is between 52 and 56. Wednesday 03 june 2020 1200. The rate of recycled solid waste last year was only slightly more than what it had been the year before. Eleven years later 2016 the quantity was 38 200 tons day recycling rate.

Waste industry recycling service offerings 2016 2019. In the eleventh malaysia plan 2016 2020 the stated solid waste management goals was to achieve a rate of 40 waste diversion from landfill and 22 recycling rate by 2020. Malaysia registered total water abstraction of 14 791 millions of cubic metres. Malaysia has a recycling rate at just 17 5 percent as a country.

In 2005 the waste generated in malaysia amounted to 19 000 tons per day recycling rate. In 2012 its household recycling rate was at 10 4. As reported food waste is a major component of generated waste 45 percent and contains high organic compounds.