Waste reduction is the way to go


Malaysians are generating so much rubbish now that waste reduction and recycling is no longer an option but a necessity, writes S. CHANDRAVATHANI. 

LAST year, about 7.34 million tonnes of solid wastes were generated in Malaysia, enough to fill 42 buildings the size of the Petronas Twin Towers. 

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