“We do not want Malaysia to be the world’s rubbish bin,” environment minister Nik Nazmi told reporters, adding the illicit haul was worth around US $1.7 million to the criminals who were ...

Business owners and residents expressed happiness over the change, saying that it had made the area cleaner. “Before this, the communal bins were always overflowing with rubbish and the smell ...

Malaysia is the world’s second-largest dumping ground for plastic waste from the European Union, new data shows, seemingly undermining a vow from the government to prevent the Southeast Asian ...

BATU ARANG-Residents of a former coal-mining town in Malaysia’s Selangor state are up in arms over plans to build a RM4.5 billion (S$1.3 billion) incinerator in their district, fearing health ...

Malaysia's Environment Minister Nik Nazmi declared in June that the government does not want the country to become the world's rubbish bin in the face of reports about the booming trade in legally ...