DOE shuts down second illegal recycling factory following pollution in Sg Anak Air Garam


S.Veerapan looking at the contaminated Sg Anak Air Garam.

SEREMBAN: The Department of Environment (DOE) has shut down a second illegal recycling premises within 24 hours, as it continues probe into the dumping of waste believed to be sludge from used oil recycling activities into Sg Anak Air Garam here.

On Wednesday (Dec 11) evening, the DoE had shut down an illegal recycling factory in Rasah, which was found to have stored some 1,000 tonnes of used fuel oil allegedly brought in from Singapore.

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