Only five tyre-boiling operators have adopted the kiln system

Action taken: Dr Mah showing the number of pyrolysis operators that were fined following an instruction to temporarily cease operations while upgrading of their operating procedures was done.

ONLY five out of about 30 “tyre-boiling” or pyrolysis operators can continue their operations after its operating procedures are upgraded.

Perak Health Committee chairman Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon said the three-month grace period had ended and the five approved operators had upgraded their factories to use a kiln system to extract industrial oil, carbon black and steel from used tyres.