IPOH (Bernama): There is no unmanaged plastic waste dump in the jungles here as claimed by British media, says the Department of Environment (DOE).
Its director Norazizi Adinan said the pile of rubbish in pictures, which went viral on social media, was actually collected on the site of a company that processes waste as fuel.
Norazizi said the premises was operating legally and had a licence from the Ipoh City Council which was monitoring the operations in the area to ensure that the company abided by the Environment Quality Act 1974. He said the company which had been in operations since 2011 collected garbage such as plastics and fabrics to be processed into fuel for use in cement processing plants.
He said each month, his company buys between three and 4.5 tonnes of garbage from various industries and commercial bodies for recycling.
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