PETALING JAYA: With most people staying at home because of the Covid-19 pandemic, Malaysian households continue to generate vast amounts of domestic waste, mostly food and plastic waste.
The Solid Waste Management and Public Cleansing Corporation (SWCorp) said people had been generating slightly over 200,000 tonnes of domestic waste each month since the start of the first movement control order in March 18 last year, in states that enforce the Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Management Act 2007 (Act 672).
According to the internal data from SWCorp, a total of 201,574 tonnes of domestic waste was collected in March 2020, another 165,697 tonnes in April, followed by 197,919 tonnes in May and 214,326 tonnes in June.