THE backlog of rubbish at the main waste transfer station of the city has been cleared, Kuala Lumpur mayor Datuk Fadlun Mak Ujud says.
He said the situation had since been brought under control with rubbish on the ground cleared and collection operations stabilised.
The problem at the main transfer station of the city near Middle Ring Road 2 (MRR2), he said, was triggered by an overwhelming surge of rubbish with some 20,000 tonnes accumulating over several days during the last week of December.
He said the excessive volume exceeded the capacity of the compactors of the facility after operations were disrupted earlier.
The subsequent equipment breakdowns further hindered waste processing.
Fadlun said he had been briefed by the Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Management Corporation (SWCorp) and the National Solid Waste Management Department that the breakdowns were linked to the overload.
StarMetro had reported that operational disruptions at the waste transfer station resulted in 50% of the rubbish being sent directly to the Bukit Tagar landfill, about 60km away, for nearly two weeks.
