Over 250 plastic waste-filled containers left stranded at Penang Port


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 30 May 2019

BUTTERWORTH: There are 265 containers filled with plastic waste stranded at the North Butterworth Container Terminal (NBCT), as the Customs Department has their hands full inspecting the contents.

The Department now has no choice but to use the field at their quarters in Bagan Jermal as a temporary detention yard, with 11 containers filled with plastic waste there.

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