By Zareef Muzammil
SHAH ALAM, Feb 11 — The KDEB Waste Management (KDEBWM) will build another five Material Recovery Facility (MRF) this year, as part of its efforts to increase the recycling rate in Selangor.
Its managing director Ramli Mohd Tahir said the new facilities will be located in Sepang, Selayang, Ampang, Petaling Jaya and Hulu Selangor, thus bringing up the number of MRF it operates in the state to seven.
“We have discussed this with the local councils involved and they have agreed to provide the place for us to establish this facility.
“We will monitor the progress and we believe these facilities should be expanded to increase the recycling rate in Selangor, thus making it a clean state,” he told SelangorKini.
Commenting further, Ramli said each MRF could separate up to 20 tonnes of recyclable waste daily including plastic, paper, aluminium and steel.
“This means, we should be able to recycle 100 tonnes of recyclable waste that should be disposed of at the Jeram Sanitary Landfill.
“Apart from that, the MRF are also able to process recycled materials into a new product.
“We are collaborating with three companies that have the expertise to transform plastic waste into biodiesel,” he said.
On December 26, Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari during the 2022 Selangor Budget said the MRF initiative would be expanded to each district in the state to help reduce the recyclable waste.
Amirudin also informed that KDEBWM had set up two MRF at Meru in Klang and Bukit Puchong in Subang Jaya.
