Imported waste: A composite file picture showing containers filled with plastic waste at Penang Port and the Customs’ enforcement department store in Bagan Jermal, Butterworth.
PUTRAJAYA: Starting June, plastic waste importers must pay RM20 for every tonne of scrap brought into the country for recycling in a move by the government to regulate the recycling industry and curb plastic pollution.
Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin said the government had wanted to charge a fee of RM50 for every tonne but it was negotiated down to RM20.
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