The Ministry of Housing and Local Government has identified 18 locations for the development of solid Waste-to-Energy plants throughout the country as a new method of solid waste management to eradicate landfills.
“Malaysia will now adapt the most sophisticated technology, others have made some mistakes, so we can avoid all the trial and error and adopt the latest and most sophisticated technology for our country,” he said at the Green Initiative Project handover ceremony for Environmental Conservation for the Paya Kemunting Solid Waste Landfill near here today.
He said the implementation of the initiative was carried out at the Paya Kemunting Solid Waste Landfill which was completed on Sept 1 last year with a total cost of RM13 million and was the 175th unsanitary landfill to cease operations and close nationwide.