This paper reviews the major current challenges for plastic waste management systems in Malaysia. It starts by outlining the plastic waste issue, followed by the plastic waste cycle, which details the recovery of plastic wastes in Malaysia. It then examines policies related to plastic wastes and pl...
One of Asia's emerging environmental issues is the poorly organized disposal of plastic waste, the majority of which ends up downstream in the ocean. Malaysia's increased production of single-use plastics, as well as the uncontrolled release of plastic debris into terrestrial and marine habitats,...
We can already see that there is a massive social equity dilemma in the effects on this scale of plastic waste and production. Worldwide those that are least contributive to climate change bear the brunt of the (intensifying) impacts, and no child (or adult) in any country ought to be ...
A man scavenges in a garbage dump in Lhokseumawe, Indonesia, in April. Malaysia will be sending 60 containers of waste back to their countries of origin, the country's environmental minister announced Tuesday. Malaysia plans to send back roughly 3,300 tons of plasti...
The Malaysian plastics recycling major Heng Hiap Industries Sdn Bhd (HHI) has been collaborating with SABIC to create certified circular polymers produced through the advanced recycling of ocean-bound plastics. United States Plastic Recycling News
“We are concerned that the [Environment Agency] does not have strong enough controls to prevent the system subsidizing exports of contaminated or poor-quality material,” the NAO's report noted. (Top Image: Plastic waste from the UK dumped at various landfills in Malaysia. /Greenpeace Photo)...
Confronted with serious environmental problems caused by the growing mountains of plastic packaging waste, the prevention and control of plastic waste has become a major concern for most countries. In addition to the recycling of plastic wastes, design for recycling can effectively prevent plastic packa...
The plastic pollution crisis has been widely blamed on a handful of Asian countries, but new research shows just how much the U.S. contributes.
Malaysia last year became the world's main destination for plastic waste after China banned imports of scrap. The Southeast Asian country upped scrutiny after huge inflows and stopped many containers that looked to unload scrap in Malaysia without the required permits, officials from the port and ...
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