Statistic Of Plastic Waste In Malaysia

100 million tonnes was later incinerated.

Statistic of plastic waste in malaysia. 700 million tonnes 8 percent was incinerated. Annual economic statistics 2018 water supply. A small town in malaysia is teeming with nearly 19 000 tons of plastic waste. 228 plastic waste recycling plants shut suspended since july 2018 mestecc.

You will find more infographics at statista malaysia is a significant source of plastic waste in our oceans contributing three times more mismanaged plastic waste than the united states despite being only a tenth of the size of the us in terms of population. It is estimated that malaysia produced almost one million tonnes of mismanaged. According to a study in academic journal science malaysia is the eighth worst country worldwide for plastic waste. These two statistics were recently revealed by the national ministry of urban wellbeing housing and local government and they re causing enormous problems for malaysia.

Thursday 28 february 2019 1200. Sewerage waste management remediation activities. Malaysians produce an average of 30 000 tons of waste every day. Sewerage waste management and remediation activities for 2017 registered a 8 1 per cent growth in value of gross output to rm14 4 billion as compared to 2015.

Waste generated by the non domestic and domestic sectors both saw a reduction in 2019 from 5 70 million tonnes and 2 00 million tonnes respectively in 2018 to 5 37 million tonnes and 1 87 million tonnes respectively in 2019. I came across these charts recently on statista the statistics portal for market and consumer data. 500 million tonnes 6 percent was recycled 100 million tonnes of recycled plastic was still in use. Performance of water supply.

And 300 million tonnes was later discarded or sent to landfill. Even though malaysia ranked high in terms of unsound waste disposal malaysia ranked the highest in waste collection.