SERDANG, Sept 2 – All the people of Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, Johor, Negeri Sembilan, Malacca, Pahang, Perlis and Kedah are required to implement the separation of solid waste at the source which had started on Tuesday. The homeowners must separate their solid waste by category, such as paper, plastics and others.
The launch of the implementation of source separation of waste by Minister of Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan at a function here, on Tuesday morning. The launch was also held simultaneously in Kedah, Pahang and Johor.
As a symbolic conjunction with enforcement, the ministry through the Solid Waste Corpotion Malaysia (SWCorp) listed in the Malaysia Book of Records when they manage to collect one million plastic bottles through the ‘1 Million Bottles One Dream’. The campaign is to express a community initiative to care for the earth and the environment. In the meantime, all homeowners who fail to implement the separation of solid waste will be fined RM50 starting June 1, 2016.
