Air quality at Pulau Burung landfill worsening

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Air quality at Pulau Burung landfill worsening theSun theSundaily airquality landfill PulauBurung AirPollutantIndex

: The air quality at Pulau Burung, due to the fire at the landfill at Jalan Byram here is worsening.

The API station at the landfill was opened specifically to monitor air quality in the area following the fire incident,. It is also the only station that recorded unhealthy reading nationwide. Based on APIMS, four other API stations in Penang recorded readings at a moderate level at 3 pm today, namely Seberang Jaya and Seberang Perai on the mainland, as well as Minden and Balik Pulau on the island.

Meanwhile, Penang Environment and Welfare Committee chairman Phee Boon Poh said only 31 per cent of the 11 hectare Pulau Burung landfill was still on fire and efforts were being carried out to completely extinguish the fire.

 

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