PETALING JAYA: As more people shop online due to movement restrictions from the Covid-19 pandemic, waste from e-commerce packaging is also increasing. However, he said the indiscriminate disposal of plastic waste would inadvertently “come full circle” when microplastics entered the food chain. Environment and waste management specialist Dr Theng Lee Chong believes that there is a huge amount of plastic waste being discarded although he has no information on the exact quantity. He also pointed out that there was a 20% increase in plastic waste recorded in 2018 compared to 2005. “Sometimes, I noticed that they would just dump them all together with general waste.

Source: The Star July 08, 2021 22:52 UTC