Less than 1% of waste out of 3 million tonnes get recycled


PETALING JAYA: Last year, Malaysians produced close to 3 million tonnes of waste.

But shockingly, out of this huge amount, only 0.06% or about 1,800 tonnes were recycled while the rest were sent to landfills.

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