Malaysia will not be dumping ground for world’s plastic waste, says Yeo
Tuesday, 11 Feb 2020 05:01 PM MYT
“Our position has always been that, we would not want illegal smuggling of plastic waste and contaminated plastic waste into the country,” she said in response to the world’s leading environmental protection group Greenpeace’s claim that Italy has been exporting hazardous plastic waste to Malaysia. Greenpeace had alleged that in the first nine months of 2019, some 2,880 tonnes of the plastic waste exported to Malaysia and almost half were received by companies operating illegally.
“Normally, most of these countries will accept the container, and so far they never said that they don’t want them back,” she added. Meanwhile, she said five sectors were involved in the Mestecc 2020 Initiative, namely energy; science and technology ; environment and climate change; strategic planning and international; and management.
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