Plastic Waste Statistics In Malaysia 2018
The compilation of the statistics includes environmental conditions impacts of human activities on the environment and actions taken to minimise the impact.
Plastic waste statistics in malaysia 2018. Compendium of environment statistics malaysia 2018. As of 2016 our exports amounted to rm30 billion which saw a 2 26 million metric tonnes of resin utilised to produce plastics. The compendium of environment statistics ces malaysia 2018 presents statistics on environment for the period 2013 2017 2018 namely air water land and population. Article continues below advertisement we have halved the number of single use plastic bags given out in our stores between 2011 and 2017 but the rate of reduction is not fast enough paul ritchie ceo of tesco malaysia said in a press release.
The program will be available through the end of 2018. Other highly commended statistics include. 2018 volume of water supplied in malaysia. Malaysia is a global player in the plastic industry with currently.
2 4 million tonnes in 2018 79 out of 143 rivers are classified as clean. Its shares of imports were twice that of thailand s which was ranked second with 5 5 percent. Malaysia has repatriated 3 737 metric tonnes of plastic waste to mainly rich countries since the third quarter of 2019 the country s environment minister said. Environmental problems related to plastic waste have become a major problem in malaysia where it has been.
Malaysia seriously has a. 17 174 million litres per day 2018 the scheduled waste generated in malaysia. Imports of plastic waste from malaysia s 10 biggest source countries jumped to 456 000 tonnes between january and july versus 316 600 tonnes purchased in all of 2017 and 168 500 tonnes in 2016. Between january and november 2018 malaysia was the leading nation to import plastic waste worldwide.