Technical & Facilities

Technical Assistance Available from the following: - Department of Environment DOE - Customs and Excise Department Customs - Hazmat, Fire and Rescue Services Bomba - Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia SIRIM Disposal facilities - Faber Medi-Serve Sdn. Bhd., Kota Kinabalu, Sabah...

Environmentally sound management

National strategiespolicies Encourage industries to use locally produced wastes as raw materials. It is mention as one of the key areas in Malaysias Green Strategies as stated in The National Policy on the Environment. Building the capacity of the existing recovery facilities at the local level. Enviro...

Reducing Waste Generation

National strategiespolicies Promotion of the Malaysian Agenda for Waste Reduction MAWAR to encourage industries to minimize the generation of waste; and promotion of cleaner production. High priority will be given to technology transfer and research and development projects in environmental technology t...

Export/Import Restrictions

Export restrictions for final disposal Malaysia restricts the export of hazardous wastes and other wastes for final disposal. The Environmental Quality Act 1974, Amendment 2005 Section 34B; and the Customs Prohibition of Export Order 1998 Amendment 2008. Export of hazardous wastes for final disposal i...

Waste Definition

National definition of waste National definition of waste used for the purpose of transboundary movements of waste exists in Malaysia. Waste is defined as any matter prescribed to be scheduled waste or any matter whether in a solid, semi-solid or liquid form, or in the form of a gas or vapor, which is em...