Plastic Waste Statistics In Malaysia 2018
The compendium of environment statistics ces malaysia 2018 presents statistics on environment for the period 2013 2017 2018 namely air water land and population.
Plastic waste statistics in malaysia 2018. 2 4 million tonnes in 2018 79 out of 143 rivers are classified as clean. In 2019 about 7 23 million tonnes of solid waste was generated of which 4 25 million tonnes were recycled. About 1 300 plastic manufacturers.
Compendium of environment statistics malaysia 2018. The environment and plastic waste has repeatedly made headlines in 2018 and single use referring to plastic waste was named the word of the year. Malaysia seriously has a.
Environmental problems related to plastic waste have become a major problem in malaysia where it has been. Global plastic waste production breakdown 2018 by sector generation of plastic packaging waste per capita in the eu 2017 by country weight of u s. 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.
It is estimated that malaysia produced almost one million tonnes of mismanaged plastic waste in 2010 of which 0 14 to 0 37 million tonnes may have washed into the oceans. The 6 per cent reduction in the amount of waste generated compared to 2018 is the third yearly reduction since 2017. Waste management statistics and overall recycling measures key highlights.
Imports of plastic waste from malaysia s 10 biggest source countries jumped to 456 000 tonnes between january and july versus 316 600 tonnes purchased in all of 2017 and 168 500 tonnes in 2016. Malaysia is a global player in the plastic industry with currently. The compilation of the statistics includes environmental conditions impacts of human activities on the environment and actions taken to minimise the impact.
In 2016 over 8 4 million tonnes of plastic waste were collected in order to be recycled inside and outside the eu recycling multiplier effect x2 4 in gdp and almost x3 in jobs the european plastic industry has a multiplier effect of 2 4 in gdp and almost 3 in jobs the european house ambrosetti study data for italy 2013 13. Municipal solid plastic waste generated 1960 2017. Other highly commended statistics include.