Over 900 tonnes of plastic in landfills every day

An average 910 tonnes of plastic waste – plastic bags, boxes, cups, pipes, toys, furniture, you name it – wind up in our landfills nationwide daily. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star

IMAGINE the weight of eight and a half blue whales – that’s how much plastic waste ends up in Malaysian landfills each day.

An average 910 tonnes of plastic waste – plastic bags, boxes, cups, pipes, toys, furniture, you name it – wind up in our landfills nationwide daily.