Small town, one big dumpsite for plastic waste
SINCE China banned the import of plastic waste in 2017, Malaysia has become one of the world’s biggest plastic importers, receiving hundreds of thousands of tonnes of rubbish each year. And a small town called Jenjarom is paying the price.
The fumes, for the most part, are gone from Jenjarom after the government shuttered 33 illegal factories there. What’s still there are about 17,000 tonnes of waste piled in high heaps, giving the town the look of a giant landfill. Resident turned activist Pua Lay Peng looks at piles of plastic waste at an illegal recycling factory in Jenjarom, Kuala Langat. He says the factory and others like it are profiting at the expense of the health of the people and the environment. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Najjua Zulkefli, March 21, 2019.
In January to July last year, Malaysia received 754,000 tonnes of plastic waste, mostly from Germany, the UK, Japan and Australia. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Najjua Zulkefli, March 21, 2019.
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