Managing plastic waste


Phee (front row, centre), Rozali (on Phee’s right) and VIPs taking a group photograph with participants after opening the anti-plastic waste workshop at Auditorium Menara MPSP in Bandar Perda.

THE Global Alliance For Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) has estimated that an average of 0.37 tonnes (370kg) of plastic waste are disposed into the sea annually by Malaysians, said Seberang Prai Municipal Council (MPSP) president Datuk Rozali Mohamud.

“GAIA’s Asia Pacific Regional coordinator Froilan Grate had revealed this during the Zero Waste Cities Conference 2018 held in Bandung, Indonesia, in March.

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