Lynas broke law by storing large amount of scheduled wastes, says Semambu rep
Lee Chean Chung says that according to the disposal of scheduled wastes regulations, the maximum amount of scheduled wastes that can be collected at the site is 20 tonnes for up to 180 days. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, April 17, 2019.
Rare earth processing plant Lynas is deemed to have broken the law by storing a huge amount of scheduled wastes for long periods, Semambu assemblyman Lee Chean Chung said today. He said that as of December 2018, Lynas had collected 1.13 million tonnes of neutralisation underflow residue wastes in the six years it has been operating in Gebeng, with the wastes kept at the side of the plant.
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