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November 8, 2022

The Rise of Automotive Waste

Did you know that there are over 11 million inactive or dormant vehicles out of over 33 million registered vehicles in Malaysia?1 That figure is even more than the country’s population which stands at 32.6 million, according to a June 2022 article published in the New Straits Times.2

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September 9, 2022

How Heat Waves Affect Waste Management

There are significant impacts of climate change already occurring in Malaysia. In recent years especially, we have experienced increased frequency of droughts and floods as well as a rise in sea levels in coastal areas. These extreme weather changes are expected to have numerous environmental and socioeconomic effects which

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August 12, 2022

Impact of Urban Floods to Waste Management (Disaster Waste Management)

Malaysia is generally blessed to be spared of many major natural disasters that occur worldwide. However, we do face the occasional flood, landslide and haze. In recent years, we have experienced extreme weather and climatic events, ranging from thunderstorms to monsoonal floods. On 16th December 2021, a tropical depression

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August 5, 2022

The Rising Cost of Waste Disposal

Why is it so expensive to dispose of waste safely? The waste management sector has not been exempt from the challenges of rising costs that have affected a broad range of industries. It has been a tough time for the waste industry since the pandemic hit in 2020. In

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May 9, 2022

Recycling and Disposal of Lithium Batteries

Large lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are used in the hundreds in electric vehicles (EVs) today. Like our mobile phone batteries, they are bundled together to function as one. For technology to be sustainable in the near future, it is no longer viable to discard products that can no longer serve

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March 7, 2022

Waste Management – Path to Sustainable ESG Management

Importance of ESG Criteria The approach to environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues has shifted from being viewed by some as a public relations tactic to being seen by many as a major focus area for boards and management teams. There is a broad consensus that companies which manage,

5 Ways We Can Manage Maritime Waste in Malaysia

Waste management has traditionally dealt with downstream disposal operations. A life-cycle approach, by contrast, offers a new perspective that involves every phase, i.e., from the prevention and reduction of waste generated to the actual handling of wastes. Waste handling includes the collection, transportation, monitoring, and treatment (re-use, recycle, energy

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January 26, 2022

Governance of Maritime Waste Management in Malaysia

According to Sea Circular (2020), Malaysia is located in the Indo-Pacific region with its coastlines bordering the Andaman Sea, the Straits of Malacca and Singapore, the Gulf of Thailand, the South China Sea, the Sulu Sea and Sulawesi Sea. The length of the coastline in Malaysia is 8,840 km

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January 19, 2022

Achieving Sustainable Development Goals from Waste Management – Pt II

Promoting social and economic inclusion for informal waste management communities (SDG 10 – Reduce inequality within and among countries) Waste management contributes to achieving economic and social integration in developing countries and reduces inequalities. In many developing countries, it is divided into two main systems namely the formal and

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January 13, 2022

Achieving Sustainable Development Goals from Waste Management – Pt I

Achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 is among the agenda for countries across the globe. This is important not just to manage the various economic, environmental and social impacts that threaten the ecology of our population but to also realise the benefits that come with achieving

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