In October 2018, Malaysia banned the imports of contaminated plastic wastes in effort to restrict the supply of waste plastics into the country. Despite the ban, data shows that monthly plastic waste imports is beginning to increase. The Pakatan Harapan administration has even flirted with ideas to build at least one incinerator in each state (and we have thirteen of them!).
Khor Reports has consolidated data on waste plastics issues in a dashboard, with information compiled from media reports. This provides an overall view of plastic waste imports and the concerns it has raised for the Malaysian people. The data is as at 27 September 2019, collected by a group of dedicated volunteers over a period of about two weeks.
Out of sight, out of mind, when it really shouldn’t be. Click here for the full post and the dashboard.