Filepic of a waste collection truck making its round in picking up separated recyclable waste from a residential area in SS20, Petaling Jaya.
THE waste separation at source policy will now be extended to residential property owners in Penang and those who fail to do so will be slapped with a compound from next year onwards.
Penang Housing, Town, Country Planning and Local Government Committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo said this was to ensure residents staying in landed properties separate the recyclable and non-recyclable items.
“The decision was made two weeks ago. Residential landed property owners were not issued compounds when we started enforcing the waste separation at source policy on June 1, last year.
“From Jan 1, we will start issuing compounds,” he said at Komtar on Friday.
The separation at source policy against commercial properties was enforced from Jan 1 this year.
Jagdeep said there was a moratorium on the enforcement of waste separation for residential landed properties when it was enforced last year.
“They were given ample time, so they now have the next few months to start separating their recyclables and non-recyclables before we enforce it.
“The local council enforcement team would be conducting checks on residential properties from now to December but compounds would be issued from January onwards,” he added.
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