Getting closer to green goals

(From left) National Solid Waste Management Department director-general Mohd Rosli Abdullah, Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Ministry deputy secretary-general Datuk Halimi Abdul Manaf, Halimah, Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Ministry deputy secretary- general (management) Nor Inchun Mohamed Salleh and Solid Waste Management and Public Cleansing Corporation deputy chief executive (management) Datuk Zainul Abidin Abdullah launching the National Recycling Day.

Some 396,000 kg of recyclable items have been collected in seven states since the implementation of the waste separation programme more than three months ago.

Deputy Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Halimah Mohamed Sadique said the items were collected from residential and commercial areas since the implementation on Sept 1 to Dec 9.