Plastic Waste Statistics In Malaysia

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Plastic waste statistics in malaysia. In 2018 79 out of 143 rivers are classified as clean. The rapid development and robust economic growth as well as population growth in malaysia has increased the amount of plastic waste generation by households industry and trade sector. As mentioned previously malaysia generates about 0 94 million tons of mismanaged plastic wastes a year and i estimated we use approximately 3 billion plastic shopping bags a year. Ever since china banned the import of plastic in 2017 malaysia has seen an influx of garbage.

2018 volume of water supplied in malaysia. Department of statistics official portal portal rasmi jabatan perangkaan malaysia. 2018 the scheduled waste generated in malaysia. You will find more infographics at statista.

Packaging for example has a very short in use lifetime typically around 6 months or less. 2018 emission of pollutants to the atmosphere from motor vehicles. Plastic waste generation is strongly influenced by primary plastic use but also the product lifetime. A plastic shopping bag weighs between 4 to 7 g so taking the upper limit of 7 g this means 3 billion plastic shopping bags would weigh a total of 21 000 tons.

Malaysia has repatriated 3 737 metric tonnes of plastic waste to mainly rich countries since the third quarter of 2019 the country s environment minister said. The national strategic master plan 2005 estimated that a total of 31 500 tonnes of solid waste generated per day by 2020. A small town in malaysia is teeming with nearly 19 000 tons of plastic waste. This is in contrast to building and construction where plastic use has a mean lifetime of 35 years.

17 174 million litres per day. Mycensus 2020 portal portal banci 2020. According to a study in academic journal science malaysia is the eighth worst country worldwide for plastic waste.