All this is done with little thought for health and environmental effects.In a statement to The Star, the Department of Environment (DoE) said it realised the importance of tackling scheduled e-waste management issues in Malaysia. “The scheduled e-waste regulation does not have to be tabled in Parliament,” it said. Under this regulation, e-waste is categorised as a scheduled waste. The DoE said enforcement of the regulation was currently only for the management of e-waste generated from industrial premises. “Also, there is no formal system for managing household e-waste in an environmentally sound management system for recovery and disposal,” it said.

Source: The Star May 29, 2019 23:03 UTC