News about plastic waste

KUALA LUMPUR (June 27): Petronas Chemicals Group (PCG) yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Plastic Energy Ltd, a chemical recycling company, to collaborate in addressing plastic waste that cannot be recycled by conventional means in Malaysia.

KUANTAN (June 11): The Pahang state government is tracking down the owner of premises in Karak, Bentong, where illegal plastic waste separation operations are believed to have been undertaken.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 11): The entry of the world’s plastic wastes that is polluting Malaysia is an issue that should not be taken lightly.

  Following a long-running waste export row, the Philippines has begun returning dozens of shipping containers full of trash to Canada.

SHAH ALAM (May 30): Malaysia allows the import of used plastics for recycling only and not for dumping in the country, said Selangor Department of Environment (DoE) director Shafee Yasir.

PORT KLANG (May 28): Importers of prohibited plastic waste are traitors to the country and stern action will be taken against them, said Energy, Technology, Science, Climate Change and Environment Minister Yeo Bee Yin.

IPOH (May 28): There is no unmanaged waste dump of plastic waste in the jungles in Ipoh as claimed by British media, said Department of Environment director  Norazizi Adinan.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): Putrajaya aims to finalise details of banning the import of non-recyclable plastic waste by end of this year.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 6): About half of plastic waste coming out of the US for recycling recorded for the first six months of this year was taken to Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam, said Unearthed, Greenpeace’s investigative arm, reported British newspaper The Guardian yesterday.