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Figure 3 : Malaysia Circular Economy Roadmap for Plastics . ( Slides from Webinar on UNEA-5 and its significance to the plastic industry , May 4 , 2021 )
Roles of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government ( KPKT )
Circular Economy Roadmap ( CER ) for Malaysia
Reducing singleuse plastics
State Plastic Neutral Project
• The establishment of the National Solid Waste Management . Department ( JPSPN ) which is currently responsible for plastic waste management in Malaysia .
• The National Recycling Programme ( NRP ) initiated in 1993 by KPKT to encourage the habit of applying the 3Rs .
• A National Recycling Day initiated in 2001 .
• The Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Management Act 2007 ( Act 672 ) was developed with mandatory separation of household waste at source .
• The Government set a household recycling rate target of 40 % by the year 2025 [ 4 ].
• In 2019 KPKT announced that waste separation at source ( SAS ) applies to commercial organisations , industries , and institutions .
• KPKT established a waste to energy plant to minimise the use of landfills in Malaysia for plastic wastes [ 9 ].
• The Ministry of Energy , Science , Technology , Environment and Climate Change ( MESTECC ) initiated the Circular Economy Roadmap ( CER ) for Malaysia in September 2019 [ 11 ].
• Malaysia ' s Roadmap towards Zero Single-Use Plastics 2018-2030 [ 12 ].
• The Ministry of Domestic Trade Cooperatives and Consumerism ( MDTCC ) launched a No Plastic Bag Day ( NPBD ) campaign in which the provision of free plastic bags in grocery stores was banned nationwide .
• City Hall ( DBKK ) and Blu Hope Ventures Sdn Bhd co-operation for the introduction and implementation of the ‘ Kota Kinabalu Plastic Neutral Project ’ programme . This is aimed at reducing plastic waste by bringing in the latest technologies to manage , dispose of and solve plastic waste to convert wastes into synthetic oils , waxes , and gases by working together with local partners such a Borneo Waste Industries ( BWI ), WWF Sabah , Sabah Environmental Trust , and others [ 13 ].
Table 1 : Examples of ‘ top-down ’ circular economy approaches in Malaysia
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