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of recovery and recycling of plastic waste. These
trends are likely to continue, but some significant
challenges still exist from both technological
factors and economic or social behaviour issues
relating to plastic waste recycling. Recycling of a
wider range of post-consumer plastic packaging,
together with plastic waste from consumer goods
is an opportunity to enable improvement in the
recovery rates of plastic waste and diversion
from landfills. Best practices in plastic waste
management will certainly support economic
growth and societal well-being by enabling a
cleaner, resilient, productive and sustainable
environment.
Acknowledgement
The authors would like to thank En Suderman
Abu Sujak and En Khairul Azmi Mohd Yunus from
SWCorp, Perlis for their helpful information on
solid waste management in Malaysia.
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