GEORGE TOWN: The Penang Environment Department (DOE) has ordered that a container filled with ewaste be sent back to its country of origin.
The department, together with the Royal Malaysian Customs Department's Coordinated Border Management (CBM) unit, Sirim QAS International Berhad Penang and North Butterworth Container Terminal (NBCT) port officers, conducted an inspection on a container at NBCT in Butterworth that was suspected of bringing electrical and electronic waste from the United States on Thursday (Dec 8).
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