Malaysiakini (English)
COMMENT | The federal government had set an unambitious target to achieve a national recycling rate (NRR) of 40 percent in the year 2025. The NRR reached 31.52 percent in 2021 compared to 30.67 percent in 2020. At this rate, the NRR will hover around 35 percent in 2025. This is a disappointing outcome when coupled with the fact that national recycling programmes were started in 1993. Solid waste management is under the purview of the Housing and Local Government Ministry. The regulatory body is the Solid Waste Management Department. Meanwhile, the executing government-linked companies (GLCs) a…