ARAU – The national recycling rate has increased by 33.17% this year with the total amount of recycled goods reaching 4.626 million tonnes.
Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Management Corporation chairman Datuk Rizalman Mokhtar said the increase was in line with the 12th Malaysia Plan’s target of 40% recycling rate by 2025.
“The Housing and Local Government Ministry is drafting a solid management policy towards a circular economy that emphasises sustainable consumption and production... Towards more efficient solid waste management that can reduce the increasing cost of solid waste management and its negative impact on society and the environment,” he said in his speech at the 3R Family Appreciation Ceremony in conjunction with National Recycling Day last night.
He said the ministry was also developing the framework for the implementation of extended producer responsibility (EPR) in the country.
EPR is a basic approach for solid waste management that places the responsibility of managing post-consumer products on producers.
He added that the implementation of EPR will reduce the government’s burden for the financial needs of waste management. – Bernama, December 4, 2022
