PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia has received its first small-scale Materials
Recovery Facility (MRF), which is expected to improve segregation of
recyclable materials from trash, hence reducing the amount of solid
waste dumped at landfills.
The RM600,000 facility is set to
process some 2,100 tonne of solid waste collected everyday at the Jeram
Sanitary Landfill in Kuala Selangor.
A six-month pilot run for
the facility revealed that it could boost the recovery of recyclables up
to 10 times more than manual segregation efforts.
"Before the MRF, there was manual recovery, which gives about 1%- 2% of recovery.
"With the MRF in the pilot trial, the recovery rate is up to 22% based on 50 tonnes (of solid waste) per day," Tetra Pak (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd communications and environment director Terrynz Tan said at a press conference after the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) here Monday.
The company had initiated the small-scale MRF project and the MoU signified the handover of the operations of the facility to Worldwide Landfills Sdn Bhd, which operates the Jeram sanitary landfill.
Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Chor Chee Heung,
who witnessed the signing of the MoU, urged more private companies to
step forward in support of recycling efforts including the sponsorship
of more small-scale MRF in other landfills in the country.
There are 165 landfills nationwide with only eight that qualified as sanitary landfills.
"For now, the recycling rate in our country is very low, only at an average of 5%.
"With
one MRF, I don't think it can make much difference unless there are
more (and) unless (there is greater) consciousness among the people to
practise the (separation of trash)," Chor said, adding that 22,000
people were expected to take part in a run to be held simultaneously in
all state capitals on Nov 17 to raise the awareness on recycling.
Source by: The Star
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