Malaysia's battle against plastic waste spans beaches and city shops

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Every weekend, a team of volunteers comb the coastline of the Malaysian resort of Tioman to collect plastic trash that washes up on the white-sand beaches of the island lapped by the South China Sea

But rather than burn or bury the trash, it is being recycled into plastic pellets so that it can be used to make a range of products from auto parts to home appliances and furniture.

While the initiative does help clean up the environment and recycle waste, Steenland admits “it’s never going to actually stop the situation if you don’t tell people to stop using the plastic first.” “Marine pollution is becoming a problem and we decided to focus on ocean-bound plastic material,” said the company’s founder Seah Kian Hoe, noting the aim was to serve conscientious consumers.

 

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Canada has been doing this for at least the last 10 years

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Blm lama di CNA ada liputan terkait sampah plastik di Indo. Surprisingly, konsumsi sampah plastik perkapita di Indo itu jauh lebih rendah dari negara lain, sekitar 20kg/orang/tahun sedangkan di negara lain bisa sampai 100kg/org/tahun (di spore/malay misalnya).

Trump: The plastic will get less soon. You will see!

Thank you so much! Wish more folks were mindful of the plastic polution going on.

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