PENANG: Malaysia has sent back 150 containers of plastic waste to 13 mainly rich countries since the third quarter last year, with the environment minster warning on Monday (Jan 20) that those who want to make the country a rubbish bin of the world can 'dream on.”
Minister Yeo Bee Yin with deputy minister Isnaraissah Munirah Majilis, MESTECC chief secretary Datuk Ir. Dr. Siti Hamisah Tapsir and Penang State Executive Councillor Phee Boon Poh checking the plastic waste containers at North Butterworth Container Terminal on Monday . - MUSTAFA AHMAD/The Star/ANN
Shipments of unwanted rubbish have been rerouted to South-East Asia since China banned the import of plastic waste in 2018, but Malaysia and other developing countries are fighting back. Yeo said the successful repatriation of a total 3,737 metric tonnes of waste followed strict enforcement at key Malaysian ports to block smuggling of waste and shuttering more than 200 illegal plastic recycling factories.
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