Air quality around Pulau Burung landfill at moderate level


  • Nation
  • Sunday, 30 Jan 2022

A monkey using an power cable to cross a road near the Pulau Burung landfill. The air is still hazy though the API was recorded as moderate.

NIBONG TEBAL: The Air Pollutant Index (API) recorded around Pulau Burung area due to the fire at the landfill in Jalan Byram here is moderate on Sunday (Jan 30) compared to the unhealthy reading on Saturday (Jan 29).

Penang Environment Department director Sharifah Zakiah Syed Sahab said that based on their monitoring, the unhealthy API reading in the area on Saturday was not only due to dust from the fire but also from the use of soil to cover the burning landfill and the movements of lorries in and out of the area.

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