THE Selangor government will build an Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM) facility next to the Jeram sanitary landfill in Kuala Selangor. For now, a waste-to-energy plant, recycling plant, anaerobic digestion plant, compost plant, construction waste recycling site and research and development centre are on the drawing board. He also said waste manage-ment involved technological hierarchy but in Malaysia, this was on the reverse. “If you look at the waste management hierarchy, we should look at waste prevention. Radhi said the state needed a masterplan or a waste management blueprint with input from the private sector to succeed.

Source: The Star November 14, 2017 03:56 UTC