Experts at a seminar on Thursday urged the government for taking initiatives to reduce plastic waste to save the environment and ensure public health safety.

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia will be detaining a container from Los Angeles, suspected to be carrying commercial plastic waste when it arrives in Port Klang on Monday (March 22).

The government needs to immediately ratify the ‘Basel Ban Amendment’ to stop illegal plastic waste trade in the country, said experts on Thursday.

Why was this article tucked away on the 14th page of your newspaper? That the rich United States continues to use its fossil fuels to create plastic, then exports the plastic waste to poor countries is shameful. The story should have been trumpeted as front-page news.

IPOH: Neighbouring states should consider building joint water treatment plants (LRA) in the main river basins between them to save in the cost of construction and help treat raw water for people of both states, says environment and water minister Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man.

The majority of the world is working together to reverse the massive plastic pollution problem. But, the world's leading producer of plastic waste, the U.S., hasn't signed on and isn't following the rules.

Environment experts have called on the government to protect the country from the hazards of mounting plastic waste on an urgent basis and take measures to ratify the Basel Ban Amendment and incorporate it into national law.

Around 1.2 million tonnes of plastic waste were shipped to Bangladesh in the last three years from developed countries like the USA and the UK

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 16, 2021 (SKNIS): On March 15, St. Kitts and Nevis joined the rest of the world in observing World Consumer Rights Day, under the theme: “Tackling Plastic Pollution”.

Plastics make up 19 per cent of all landfill waste and eight of ten items collected on beaches in TT. On World Consumer Rights Day, celebrated on Monday, Trade and Industry Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon reminded consumers to be responsible for making purchases that contribute to plastic waste.

Environmental groups say a bill aiming to ban Canadian plastic waste from being sent abroad to poor countries is missing the wording needed to properly tackle the issue.

Data shows that American exporters continue to ship plastic waste overseas, often to poorer countries, even though most of the world has agreed to not accept it.

California lawmakers intend for this package of bills to be a "coordinated, multi-faceted approach” to addressing climate change and achieving the state’s goal of recycling, composting or reducing solid waste by 75%, they said in a news release announcing the package — a goal the state had hoped to, but did not, meet in 2020.

Canada had to sign a controversial agreement with the United States before it could ratify new amendments to a global treaty meant to limit exports of plastic waste to developing countries, federal officials say.

Canada could stop dumping its garbage on developing countries by initiating an export ban on most categories of plastic waste, including certain recyclables, environmental groups say.

Environmental groups say a bill aiming to ban Canadian plastic waste from being sent abroad to poor countries is missing the wording needed to properly tackle the issue.

Imagine for a moment the world of organized crime in Southeast Asia, and you may picture meth labs, human-trafficking rings, or the billion-dollar trade in endangered species.

PETALING JAYA: The Environment and Water Ministry will investigate a report claiming that a US-based company had sent a shipment of “bales of plastic scrap” to Malaysia last month, says Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man.

Data shows that American exporters continue to ship plastic waste overseas, often to poorer countries, even though most of the world has agreed to not accept it. Trash pickers scoured the Bantar Gabang landfill in Indonesia for recyclable plastic last year.Credit...Adam Dean for The New York Times