KLANG: Anybody who doubts that trash is cash is ignoring the fact that Malaysia’s plastic waste crisis is far from over despite an ongoing crackdown on the illegal processing of this waste. Yeo added that her ministry would be going “full force” to clamp down on those responsible for illegal plastic waste imports over the next month. Yeo also added that to date, 148 plastic waste factories had been shut down. The authorities had aimed to shut down all illegal plastic waste recycling factories nationwide by July. According to Greenpeace, only 9% of the plastic waste are clean plastic that can be recycled.

Source: The Star April 23, 2019 23:22 UTC