The use of special steel cages for recycling will be expanded to highrises in Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and five states from April.
Solid Waste And Public Cleansing Management Corporation (SWCorp) deputy chief executive officer (technical) Dr Mohd Pauze Mohd Taha said the initiative would give a further boost to the separation of waste at source programme which was implemented last September, Bernama reported.
Apart from those in Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, households in Johor, Malacca, Negri Sembilan, Kedah, Perlis and Pahang were required to carry out waste separation.
Pauze said currently, the special cages were only used in residential neighbourhoods.
"The concessionaire is responsible for supplying the cages and those living in highrise apartments and condominiums will have to separate their waste just like those living in landed properties," he said at a media briefing on waste recycling organised by the Japan International Cooperation Agency.
The Malaysian Insider had previously reported that a total of 129 recycling cages would be placed at flats in Negri Sembilan to enable effective waste sepration at source.
The cages have three separate sections for paper, plastic and other recyclable items.
Residents should separate and place the items in plastic bags before placing them in the correct section in the cage.
Pauze said at present, the recycling rate in Malaysia was still at 17%. The target is to reach a recycling rate of 22% by 2020.
Meanwhile, SWCorp has issued 50,000 reminders from September last year to last month to households which failed to separate waste at source.
SWCorp is an agency under the Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Ministry, which is in charge of the waste separation project.
It has been reported that the implementation of mandatory separation of household solid waste is capable of reducing the amount of solid waste sent to waste disposal sites by 40%.
Beginning June 1, action will be taken again those who failed to carry out waste separation at source.
First time offenders will face a RM50 compound, with RM100 and RM500 for subsequent offences.
A RM1,000 fine would be imposed if an offender did not settle the compound. – March 4, 2016.
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