Plastic Waste Statistics In Malaysia 2019

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.

Plastic waste statistics in malaysia 2019. The 6 per cent reduction in the amount of waste generated compared to 2018 is the third yearly reduction since 2017. The first synthetic plastic bakelite was produced in 1907 marking the beginning of the global plastics industry. Humankind currently produces two billion tonnes of waste per year between 7 6 billion people. 29 plastic pollution facts you must know 2019 by alex danner last updated jun 19 2019.

A small town in malaysia is teeming with nearly 19 000 tons of plastic waste. Environmental protection expenditure recorded an annual growth rate of 4 0 per cent to rm2 7 billion. It provides the latest business information on production and demand trade recovery as well as employment and turnover in the plastics industry. Plastic pollution is a major concern to our oceans.

Wednesday 03 june 2020 1200 compendium of environment statistics malaysia 2019. In short this report gives an insight. A slide deck summary of global plastics is available here. Dr mohd pauze said this data for municipal solid waste did not include.

Waste management statistics and overall recycling measures key highlights. In september 2018 the world bank announced that our global waste production is predicted to rise by 70 per cent by 2050 unless we take urgent action. The scandal of plastic waste being dumped by first world nations in malaysia and other developing countries dramatically grabbed world headlines earlier this year. Population increase may be part of the problem but it s levels of.

Sensonseo global waste index 2019. In 2019 about 7 23 million tonnes of solid waste was generated of which 4 25 million tonnes were recycled. Plastics the facts is an analysis of the data related to the production demand and waste management of plastic materials. We have also produced an faqs on plastics page which attempts to answer additional common questions on the topic.

This is our main data entry on plastics with a particular focus on its pollution of the environment. However he said the composition of waste was changing with the latest statistics showing plastic making up 20 of waste. Report on the survey of environmental protection expenditure 2019.