National recycling rate up by 33.17% this year

ARAU: The national recycling rate has increased by 33.17 per cent this year with the total amount of recycled goods reaching 4.626 million tonnes.

Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Management Corporation (SWCorp) chairman Datuk Rizalman Mokhtar said the increase was in line with the 12th Malaysia Plan's target of reaching a 40 per cent recycling rate by 2025.