About 100 containers of plastic waste still sitting at NBCT


Cargo containers stacked up at the North Butterworth Container Terminal.

GEORGE TOWN: About 100 containers of plastic waste are being held at the North Butterworth Container Terminal (NBCT), awaiting Customs and port clearance to be sent to their country of origin.

This is a big drop from the almost 1,000 containers sitting at NBCT about a year ago.

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