“The incinerators will be built via an international open tender, which will be given out in March,” Housing and Local Government Minister Chor Chee Heung said at a press conference after visiting the Third International Green Tech & Eco Products Exhibition and Conference Malaysia 2012 at the KLCC yesterday.
The incinerators, he added, would be built in Malacca, Bukit Payong in Johor and Taman Beringin in Kuala Lumpur.
Currently, Malaysia only has smaller incinerators with the capacity of less than 100 tonnes each in Langkawi, Tioman, Lumut and Cameron Highlands.
“The prime minister has stated that if we were to build more incinerators, they would have to be of the best technology and not compromise the environment,” said Chor.
The Economic Planning Unit and the Public-Private Partnership Unit in the Prime Minister's Department were working with the ministry to prepare details of the tender, he added.
The incinerators, he said, would help save landfill space.
Chor said the ministry was also looking at ways to remove all recyclable material from solid waste before these were sent to landfills.
This, he said, would be able to reduce waste by 40 per cent.
“And, we are no longer going to be dependent on traditional landfill,” he said.-Asia News Network (October 12, 2012 8:02PM)
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