Plastic Waste Statistics In Malaysia 2019 Pdf
Report on the survey of environmental protection expenditure 2019.
Plastic waste statistics in malaysia 2019 pdf. In malaysia there are three types of recyclables such as paper plastics and bottles but very little of the waste is recycled. Food waste is still a significantly major component of generated waste 45 and contains high organic compound 2. Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of plastic waste are dispatched to malaysia every year part of which is stuck in hundreds of containers that have remained unclaimed in several ports in malaysia. Current waste to energy plants in singapore to introduce an integrated waste management system which includes recycling on site.
Malaysia s smes gdp for year 2018 grew at 6 2 per cent as compared to 7 1 per cent in 2017. Performance of smes gdp. In kuala lumpur for example the current recycling rate is at 4. That waste including plastic waste ends up in our environment our rivers and our oceans.
Official statistics from european or national authorities and waste management. Diapers has becoming a major component 12 1. Countries in the middle east have already implemented such integrated waste management system that treats mixed domestic solid waste. This performance exceeded malaysia s gdp and non smes which registered 4 7 per cent and 3 8 per cent respectively as shown in chart 1 the contribution of smes gdp to malaysia s gdp rose to 38 3 per cent from 37 8 per cent in the previous year.
Environmental problems related to plastic waste have become a major problem in malaysia where it has been. Due to unseparated waste more than 30 potentially recyclable materials such as paper plastic aluminum glass are still directly disposed in landfills 3. Innovation to reduce plastic packaging waste. As of 2016 our exports amounted to rm30 billion which saw a 2 26 million metric tonnes of resin utilised to produce plastics.
Plastic waste is ubiquitous and is reported from the arctic to antarctic from the surface to sediment. Environmental protection expenditure recorded an annual growth rate of 4 0 per cent to rm2 7 billion. Malaysia is a global player in the plastic industry with currently. Plastics the facts 2019 an analysis of european plastics production demand and waste data.