Getting them to think before throwing

Recyclables collected by MBPJ from households at Jalan SS20/14

OUR homes have unwanted items waiting to be discarded, but often these things can be fixed, refurbished or cleaned up to be another person’s treasure.

Old washing machines, among other electrical products, photo frames and plastic containers are tossed out with the trash and end up in the landfill.

Furthering its environmental campaign, Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) is stepping up its waste separation project in several neighbourhoods by allocating two dedicated trucks to collect recyclable items from residential properties.    Read more ......

Enforcement officers sniffing out those not separating waste

IF you’re residing on landed property in Kuala Lumpur, don’t be surprised to see uniformed personnel looking through your rubbish bins.

They are enforcement officers from the Solid Waste and Solid Cleansing Management Corp (SWCorp) checking to see if the population is separating their rubbish.

House-to-house checks are already being carried out in selected housing areas in Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur, Pahang, Johor, Malacca and Negri Sembilan.

“The enforcement team is being mobilised under the Solid Waste Management and Public Cleansing Act 672.    

“Before this, we have already started our public engagement by going from house to house telling people what is trash separation and how it should be done.

“Starting from today, we will issue friendly reminders to homeowners who have not separated their trash,” said Faridah Bahara Nordin from the enforcement and monitoring division of SWCorp during an operation at Precinct 18 in Putrajaya.  Read more .....

Selangor to start waste separation in selected housing schemes

The state government wants people to separate their solid waste ro reduce the amount dumped into landfills. – The Malaysian Insider pic by Seth Akmal, April 22, 2015.

In an effort to reduce its carbon footprint, the Selangor government is planning to introduce a pilot project on waste separation in selected housing schemes later this year.

State exco for local government, new village development, legalising of factories chairman Ean Yong Hian Wah said residents would have to separate their solid waste and scheduled collection would be carried out.

“We are still in the midst of finalising the areas and it will be started in stages at the housing schemes. What we want to see is the behaviour of the residents and how much waste they generate,” he said.

“We will start with a simple way of separating the garbage into two components, which is recyclable and general waste. Two days will be allocated for the collection of general waste and one day for recyclable items,” he said ... Read more ...