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Sorting facility along Sg Klang to tackle pollution
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7/2/2025
A river plastic waste sorting facility along Sungai Klang, Selangor, was officially unveiled on Wednesday (July 2) in efforts to cut down plastic waste going into landfills.
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A dedicated plastic waste sorting facility has officially opened along
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Sungai Klang in Selangor, marking a significant step in reducing plastic
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waste sent to landfills and promoting recycling. Natural Resources and
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Environmental Sustainability Ministry Secretary-General Datuk Dr. Ching Tu
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said the facility, developed by the Ocean Cleanup, is the organization's first
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purpose-built site for sorting plastics collected by its river cleaning vessels,
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with an emphasis on recycling. The initiative is a collaboration between
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the Ocean Cleanup and its partners, Landasan Lumayan Senderian Berhad, LLSB, J&K
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Wonderland Foundation, and Coca-Cola Malaysia.
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With the new improved log boom, basically cover like 90-80% of the river, so we are
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able to catch more than 90%, so then the catch will go up. So maybe there's less
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stress in the river, but we will catch more. And then hopefully, in due time, like
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more programs, like society, then that amount will go down again. And that's what we
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are basically hoping.
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Klang Royal City Council MBDK Mayor Datuk Abd Hamid Hussain, who officiated the launch
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on Wednesday, said the project demonstrated the power of multi-stakeholder
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collaboration.
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Fasiliti ini menyokong pendekatan ekonomi kita dengan penyediakan ruang khusus
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untuk pengasingan dan memproses sistem plastik dan organik yang diketip dan sungai
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secara sistematik. Ini bukan sahaja mengurangkan keberuntungan kepada tapak
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perusahaan malah membantu mengurangkan pengepasan karbon dan juga pencemaran air. Jadi,
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fasiliti ini bukan sahaja menyumbang kepada penyelit dalam sekitar dan juga memberi manfaat
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langsung kepada komuniti setempat dan ianya membantu mengurangkan sisa ke laut,
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menyekatkan kecegapan kita semula serta membuka perlahan pekerjaan tetap kepada
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penduduk.
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Operated by LLSB, the facility will process waste collected by Interceptor 002, a solar-powered
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river cleaning vessel equipped with a log boom system designed to trap debris
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before it reaches the ocean.
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So, apa yang kita buat ini adalah kita nak demonstratkan satu sistem pengurusan
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sisa peperja sungai yang lestari dan ia akan dapat mengurangkan sampah ke
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landfill sebab macam plastik ini kan, kalau kita hantar ke landfill, berapa lama,
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berapa tahun ini nak ambil, nak compost. Yang sorting facility ini,
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facility ini lah. Yang pertama khusus untuk menguruskan sisa peperja sungai.
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With support from CNH Industrial and Orca Chica Malaysia, some of the collected
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plastic will be transformed into construction materials, granules and pellets,
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supporting a circular economy approach.
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Amanda Lin, Senior Director of Franchise Operations for the Coca-Cola Company in Singapore, Malaysia
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and Brunei, said the initiative aligns with the company's regional commitment to prevent
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plastic from entering the ocean.
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The company is very committed to trying to drive bottle-to-bottle recycling, because it
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is actually very important for us. The ability for us to create the right infrastructure is
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important because it helps the entire value chain be more effective as well. So we stand
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here today not just to say we are very grateful to be a partner, but it is also to say let's
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find other ways for us to be able to drive a stronger value chain through public-private
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partnerships from the upstream as well as the downstream.
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To date, the Ocean Cleanup's Interceptor 002 and 005 have removed nearly 3,000 tons of waste from
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the Klang River as it flows through Kuala Lumpur's industrial areas.
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