Tuesday, June 7, 2016
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KOTA KINABALU: It will take few years before the City Hall can enforce waste segregation laws here, said Mayor Datuk Yeo Boon Hai yesterday.
"We are in the planning stage to involve everybody in (waste segregation), but it is yet to be made compulsory.
"City Hall is looking at ways to implement it as nobody will follow the practice if there is no penalty," he said after the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Double Six Tragedy in Sembulan here.
Yeo said City Hall director-general Joannes Solidau and five officers recently went to Japan to learn more about waste segregation, separation and recycling programme.
At present, City Hall engages food operators to turn leftover food into compost and runs recycling programme in the city.
Yeo said several pilot projects on waste segregation would be implemented at households, stalls and restaurants.
Kayu Madang landfill here processes about 500 tonnes of rubbish from here and another 300 tonnes from Penampang, Putatan, Papar, Kota Belud and Tuaran daily.
"We can all do our bit such as reusing plastics or managing our leftover food to reduce the volume of rubbish. By doing so, we could extend the life span of the landfill and do good to our health as well.”
The law requires citizens to separate waste into categories such as plastic, paper, cardboard, glass, metal and food waste.
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