Pemandangan bandaraya Petaling Jaya dilihat kurang jelas yang dirakam pada pukul 1.10 petang tadi berikutan keadaan jerebu ketika tinjauan hari ini. FOTO BERNAMASelasa, 2 Mac 2021 @ 4:34 PM
Kuala Lumpur: Jerebu yang berlaku di beberapa kawasan di negara ini adalah 'jerebu tempatan' yang antaranya berpunca daripada pembakaran terbuka terutama dalam cuaca panas ketika ini.

Timbalan Ketua Pengarah (Strategik & Teknikal) Jabatan Meteorologi Malaysia (MetMalaysia), Dr Mohd Hisham Mohd Anip berkata, hujan yang kurang dan aktiviti pembakaran terbuka menyumbang kepada indeks pencemaran udara yang tidak sihat seterusnya menyebabkan jerebu.

"Memang ada kena-mengena (cuaca panas), kita tidak banyak menanam (tumbuhan), sebaliknya banyak aktiviti pembakaran terbuka untuk membersihkan kebun dan sebagainya, maka ia menyebabkan jerebu tempatan," katanya menafikan ia berpunca daripada pencemaran dari negara jiran.

Beliau berkata, menurut laporan Jabatan Alam Sekitar (JAS) terdapat juga kebakaran di kawasan hutan simpan pada ketika ini.

Justeru, katanya MetMalaysia sentiasa menasihatkan orang ramai supaya tidak melakukan pembakaran terbuka dan mengurangkan aktiviti di luar serta minum air secukupnya.

Sebelum ini MetMalaysia memaklumkan negara kini berada pada fasa akhir Monsun Timur Laut yang dijangka berterusan sehingga pertengahan Mac 2021.

Dalam tempoh ini, taburan hujan adalah agak rendah di Semenanjung Malaysia terutamanya di utara Semenanjung.

February 18, 2021 8:37 AM
PETALING JAYA: The UK exported 63% more plastic waste to Malaysia last year, according to a Greenpeace report, with its country representative urging more responsible recycling by developed countries.

The Greenpeace report published on Tuesday highlighted how the UK exported 537,000 tonnes of plastic waste in 2020, roughly the same amount (539,000 tonnes) in 2019.

The volume of waste exported to Malaysia rose from 40,007 tonnes to 65,316 tonnes.

“Malaysia and other countries should not be used as dumping ground,” said Greenpeace Malaysia campaigner Heng Kiah Chun in a statement to FMT.

“Developed countries should stop putting their responsibility onto other countries for their own plastics problem and put in place policies to reduce single-use plastics with the aim of a complete end from its source.”

Heng noted that globally, only 9% of plastic waste produced had actually been recycled and 12% incinerated, with the remaining 79% ending up in landfills or the natural environment.

Describing the exports as part of a “global broken system”, he called for a sustained drive to reduce the use of non-essential plastic, develop sustainable alternatives and to switch to reuse wherever possible.

China’s ban on plastic waste import in January 2018 saw Malaysia emerge as a favourite destination for plastic waste.

While this waste is supposed to be recycled, it ends up in landfills where it is burned and pollutes the local population, as well as in rivers and oceans.

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KUALA LUMPUR, 17 Feb -- Malaysia menghantar pulang 254 kontena sisa plastik dengan anggaran berat 5,512 tan metrik ke negara asal tanpa melibatkan sebarang kos kepada kerajaan pada tahun lepas, kata Menteri Alam Sekitar dan Air Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man.

Selain berjaya menggantung pengimportan sisa plastik secara haram ke dalam negara, katanya, Jabatan Alam Sekitar (JAS) menahan operasi 204 kilang kitar semula sisa plastik haram sepanjang tempoh itu.

Aktiviti pembanterasan itu selaras dengan komitmen kementerian dalam Pelan Hala Tuju Malaysia ke arah Sifar Penggunaan Plastik Sekali Guna 2018-2030 dan Pelan Strategik Kelestarian Alam Sekitar Di Malaysia 2020-2030, katanya dalam kenyataan di sini hari ini.

Dalam pada itu, Tuan Ibrahim menzahirkan ucapan tahniah kepada ketua Pengarah dan warga kerja JAS atas kejayaan merangkul Anugerah Penguatkuasaan Alam Sekitar Asia 2020.

Majlis penganugerahan daripada Program Alam Sekitar Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (UNEP) itu diadakan secara maya hari ini.

“Penghargaan turut diberikan lepada semua agensi penguat kuasa di negara ini iaitu Jabatan Kastam Diraja Malaysia, Jabatan Pengurusan Sisa Pepejal Negara, Perbadanan Pengurusan Sisa Pepejal dan Pembersihan Awam dan semua pihak Berkuasa Pelabuhan yang menjadi ‘kunci’ kepada kejayaan itu,” katanya.

Katanya, kerjasama dan perkongsian maklumat pintar dengan agensi luar negara seperti Pihak berkuasa Kompeten di bawah Konvensyen Basel dan INTERPOL juga banyak membantu usaha JAS.

PPE such as gloves, face masks, face shields, and coveralls are not just used in the medical sector but also heavily used as a part of household products and among service industries including cashiers, petrol pump and flight attendants, customer service staffs, and security guards to limit and eventually inhibit the Covid-19 infection. - Bernama picJanuary 25, 2021 @ 4:37pm
SURGING Covid-19 cases worldwide has recorded up to 2 million fatalities to date (that is about 10 per cent of the total death during WW1), witnessed an overwhelming demand for medical attention in hospitals, necessitating medical institutions to have sufficient supplies of personal protection equipment (PPE).

The demand for polymer-based PPE is also observed among enforcement personnel and civilians. PPE such as gloves, face masks, face shields, and coveralls are not just used in the medical sector but also heavily used as a part of household products and among service industries including cashiers, petrol pump and flight attendants, customer service staffs, and security guards to limit and eventually inhibit the Covid-19 infection.

Many food handlers and eateries used more plastic than usual to protect their edibles from being medium of infection. The continuous demand for polymer-based PPE is alarmingly jeopardising the environment.

The disposal of used PPE in the medical sector is regulated by the local authorities, which are normally classified as biohazards. A more dire situation of polymer waste handling is focused on single used PPE among civilians.
Recently, we were alarmed with the news of plastic waste found in marine life carcasses and an unborn baby's placenta, which an indication of our negligence and improper plastic waste handling.

Used face masks and gloves were also seen being thrown away in the landfill and public areas. The pandemic emphasised the essential role of polymer in our daily life and at the same time, creating a distressing issue of waste accumulation.

October 30, 2020 6:34 PM
SHAH ALAM: The Selangor government said it will amend state laws to enhance the penalty for those who pollute the sources of water, including rivers.

Menteri Besar (MB) Amirudin Shari, in tabling the 2021 state budget, said these amendments would involve the Lembaga Urus Air Selangor (LUAS) Enactment 1999.

LUAS is the state agency tasked with managing water resources and state rivers.

“The frequent water pollution at both Sungai Selangor and Sungai Langat caused the water treatment plants to be shut down, thus cutting off water supply to residents.

“We will take several other measures, besides amending the LUAS enactment, such as using the ‘bioremediation’ for river conservation as well as the raw water treatment system method.”

He said the “bioremediation” method was a pilot project in Selangor.

26 October 2020
WATER is the essence of life.

Though Malaysia is blessed with abundant water resources, the country is experiencing an alarming increase in demand for water supply in recent years. Many seem to take this natural resource for granted, while often having the misconception that supplying clean water would be cheap and easy.

Malaysia’s water operators are facing many challenges in ensuring consumers have continuous access to clean water and in ensuring a sustainable water future. Understanding these challenges is key to recognising the shared responsibilities of safeguarding this precious natural resource.

Quality of raw water

According to research by the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) on Malaysian freshwater, about 97% of the country’s raw water supply comes from rivers.

Most water treatment plants in the country process raw water from the rivers, but many of these water bodies are polluted because of human activities.

Whenever raw water sources are polluted, treatment plants may need to be shut down when the pollution exceeds the safe parameter threshold allowed in a treatment process or in other words, exceeds the treatment process capability.

GAMBAR hiasan. FOTO arkib NSTPRabu, 23 September 2020 @ 2:51 PM
Ipoh: Jabatan Alam Sekitar (JAS) Perak sedang menyiasat dakwaan berhubung pembuangan air najis khinzir ke Sungai Kuala Gepai, Bidor di Tapah, dekat sini, petang semalam, sebagaimana tular di media sosial.

Pengarahnya, Rosli Zul berkata, JAS menerima laporan mengenai perbuatan jijik hingga menyebabkan pencemaran sungai di Kampung Kuala Gepai itu, pada malam tadi.

"JAS Perak sedang merujuk kes ini ke Jabatan Veterinar dan akan menjalankan siasatan secara bersama," katanya ketika dihubungi Bernama, hari ini.

Semalam, tular beberapa gambar di Facebook menunjukkan warna air sungai berkenaan yang kehitaman didakwa tercemar akibat pembuangan air najis dari ladang penternakan khinzir di kawasan berhampiran.

Seorang penduduk kampung, Abd Aziz Mohamed, 45, ketika dihubungi berkata, kejadian itu bukan pertama kali berlaku, sebaliknya berlarutan sejak bertahun-tahun, namun tiada penyelesaian sehingga sekarang walaupun banyak aduan dibuat kepada pihak berkaitan.

DATE OF RELEASE: 14 OCT 2020

PRESS RELEASE: PROTECTING THE PLANET WITH STANDARDS

When do we develop a new standard? It is not decided by ISO, IEC, ITU nor Department of Standards Malaysia but by the respond to a request from industry or other stakeholders such as consumer groups. Typically, an industry sector or group communicates the need for a standard to its national member (Standards Malaysia) who then contacts ISO, IEC or ITU.

Standards are developed by groups of experts from all over the world, that are part of larger group called technical committees. These experts negotiate all aspects of the standard, including its scope, key definitions and content that meets the requirement from the balance stakeholders.

Balance stakeholders are comprising of Government & Regulators, Industry, Consumers and Academician.

Standards promote economic sustainability by facilitating international trade, improving a country’s national quality infrastructure and supporting sustainable business practices. 

A quality infrastructure is a system contributing to governmental policy objectives in areas including industrial development, trade competitiveness in global markets, efficient use of natural and human resources, food safety, health, the environment and climate change. They cover everything from efficient farming methods to anti-bribery management systems.

Indah Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd (IWK) today denied that the black discolouration of water at Sungai Gong yesterday was due to effluent discharge from its Rawang Integrated Industrial Park Sewage Treatment Plant (GBK134). - NSTP /ZUNNUR AL SHAFIQSeptember 20, 2020 @ 1:48pm
KUALA LUMPUR: Indah Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd (IWK) today denied that the black discolouration of water at Sungai Gong yesterday was due to effluent discharge from its Rawang Integrated Industrial Park Sewage Treatment Plant (GBK134).

In a statement today, IWK said it believes that the effluent was released by an illegal waste disposal unit near the plant, and that the water had turned a deep yellow.

IWK chief executive officer Narendran Maniam said chemical dosage works were immediately carried out to control the situation.

He said staff at the plant first noticed that non-sewage waste was present in the plant's inlet chamber, causing water in the final stage of treatment at the plant to be imbued a deep yellow.

Source: https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2020/09/625887/iwk-denies-its-sewage-treatment-plant-behind-latest-sungai-gong-pollution?topicID=1&articleID=625887

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