Norlin Jaafar

The DOE will step up activities to prevent open burning and enforcement action against factories and motor vehicles to combat air pollution during the current hot and dry spell.

Jabatan Alam Sekitar (JAS) hari ini menafikan telah menerima Pelan Pengurusan Alam Sekitar (EMP) bagi projek tambakan laut di perairan selatan Pulau Pinang (PSR) agar dapat dilaksanakan.

AATF akan menjalankan peleraian komponen terutamanya komponen yang mengandungi buangan terjadual daripada kenderaan yang telah dibatalkan pendaftarannya oleh Kementerian Pengangkutan.

Norlin said the government was in the midst of drafting a new law to regulate the disposal of e-waste in the country.

Selangor DOE in collaboration with the police has detained suspects involved in illegal dumping of chemical waste at the Sungai Langat reserve area in Taman Seri Reko, Kajang recently.

Jabatan Alam Sekitar telah membuka kertas siasatan berhubung kejadian pembuangan haram bahan kimia di rizab Sungai Langat, Taman Seri Reko, Kajang semalam.

The black coloured and smelly water in a flood catchment pond and Sungai Langat, Selangor was not due to effluent discharge from a factory processing recycled paper in Banting.

An estimated 80 per cent of the clean-up work had been completed.

DOE had licensed Scheduled Wastes Treatment and Disposal Facilities nationwide involving 406 facilities and 343 carriers.

Environment and Water Minister Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man yesterday had the opportunity to see for himself the real-time air quality monitoring system in Pasir Gudang, near here.

Antara kesalahan dilakukan pemilik kilang ialah tidak melabel buangan terjadual dan mencemarkan bekalan sumber air.