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RM200 million to be spenton recycling waste over 20 yearsNew Straits Times, Thursday, December 12, 2002
By Annie Freeda Cruzanniefc@nstp.com.my

KUALA LUMPUR , Wed. - A total of RM200 million will be spent by the Government and Alam Flora over the next 20 years to recycle garbage which is expected to reach over seven million tones a year by then.
Alam Flora chief executive officer Mohamed Sirij Abdul Razack said more mobile recycling units would be sent out to residential areas, commercial centers and industrial sites.
The units will collect recyclable waste from the public, weigh and make payment according to market rate.
Alam Flora has set a recycling target of 22 per cent, from the current three per cent, for areas under its jurisdiction - Selangor, Pahang, Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur , and later, Kelantan and Terengganu.
Siraj said the 20 landfills in existence would be full by 2005, while the proposed incinerator in Semenyih would only be operational in 2006.
Waste generated is expected to increase from 3.2 million to 7.7 million tones a year, in 20 years.
Recyclable goods include newspapers, magazines, books, carton boxes, mixed papers, aluminum cans, metal tin and cans, glass bottles and jars, plastic bottles and mixed plastics.
Siraj told the New Straits Times today that the allocation is for its 20 year master plan, which concentrates on public education on recycling and setting up of recycling centers and mobile units.
Alam Flora had launched a recycling pilot project a year ago by sending out mobile units to 517 schools, 75 industries and commercial centers and 102 residential areas.
The people need to bring their recyclables in plastic bags to the recycling centers or mobile units.
"We will weigh and pay them accordingly for the goods," he said.
Siraj said that staff also gave talks on the importance of recycling to schoolchildren, house owners, residents' associations, industries and owner of business outlets and offices.
The response has been good but it would take time to make recycling a habit.
Siraj added that Alam Flora was also working to get companies which buy and process recyclables to join the programmed, so that they could collect the items on the spot.
"This will be a win-win situation for the people, Alam Flora and companies recycling waste items," he said.
He said Alam Flora was distributing pamphlets and leaflets to people in their concession areas, to inform them of this "bring system", and on their pick-up programmed.
"The programmed has done well in Subang Jaya, Damansara and Kota Kemuning (all in Selangor) and in Kuamtan," he said.
Alam Flora currently handles one million tones of waste annually in Kuala Lumpur , and two million tones in Selangor and Pahang.
"We are also in the midst of equipping all our transfer stations with recycling centers," he said, adding that the stations are in Taman Beringin, Kajang and Shah Alam.
Alam Flora is planning to build another 24 transfer stations in Selangor, Kula Lumpur and Pahang soon.