Ewaste discovered at Westport


Illegal activity: Ewaste, scrap metal and plastic waste were found in 29 containers during an (pic, below) inspection by DOE officers in Westport.

KLANG: Eighteen containers out of 29 inspected by the Selangor Environment Department (DOE) at Westport were found to contain ewaste, with the other 11 containers filled with scrap metal and plastic waste.

Selangor DOE will issue instruction notices to the companies that imported the waste material, ordering them to return the waste to the countries of origin under the Basel Convention procedures, according to a statement posted on the website of the DOE Malaysia Facebook Timeline.

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