KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has detained five civil servants for allegedly soliciting and accepting bribes in exchange for not taking enforcement action against electric and electronic waste (e-waste) factories in a district in the south of the country.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 — The police are investigating the possibility that 47 illegally operating electronic and electrical waste (e-waste) factories raided in operations nationwide recently are linked to each other.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — Malaysia will strengthen law enforcement to address the influx of electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) from developed countries, following challenges in controlling the entry of such waste, said Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested 18 individuals, including company owners and directors, on suspicion of bribing civil servants to secure approval for foreigners to become shareholders in electronic waste (e-waste) factories in Selangor and Johor.

SEGAMAT, Feb 24 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested 16 individuals, including company owners, on suspicion of bribing enforcement officers in connection with the processing and disposal of illegal electrical and electronic waste (e-waste).

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 — The Central Brigade of the General Operations Force (GOF) seized scheduled waste or electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) worth RM721 million in raids carried out in Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka, and Johor on Saturday (February 15).

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 — The parties involved in smuggling scheduled waste, electronic waste (e-waste) and scrap into the country are doing so by making false declarations and committing fraud.

KUANTAN, Feb 17 — An illegal electronic waste (e-waste) and scheduled waste processing syndicate, valued at RM410 million, was busted in raids at two separate factories in Pekan and Gebeng on Saturday (February 15).

SUNGAI SIPUT, Feb 16 — The Ulu Kinta General Operations Force (GOF) successfully dismantled an illegal e-waste processing operation involving seizures amounting to RM1.3 billion, including machinery, in a raid at a factory along Jalan Sungai Siput-Kuala Kangsar yesterday.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 8 — The Operational Directive for Enforcement Operations (ATOP) and the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) related to e-waste management will be improved, said Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad.

KLANG, Dec 30 — The Royal Malaysian Customs Department Central Zone II (Selangor) seized rice, electronic waste (e-waste), cigarettes, and snuff tobacco valued at over RM10 million in several raids at West Port here and other locations across the state recently.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 15 — Police have raided six premises involved in processing illegal metal, plastic and electronic waste (e-waste) and confiscated various materials worth RM41.5 million in an integrated operation around Pandamaran, Klang, on Thursday.

By Anna Farina Abdul Rauf SUBANG JAYA, Sept 8 — The state government has formed a strategic partnership with GCH Retail Sdn Bhd in an effort to raise awareness and promote sustainable electronic waste (e-waste) management. State executive councillor for the environment and public health...

By Yasmin Ramlan SHAH ALAM, July 11 — The state government today rolled out a user-friendly e-waste collection initiative that offers cashback to participants. The Selangor E-Waste Collection Programme, in collaboration with certified e-waste collectors, ERTH and Maxis Bhd, provides...

By Yasmin Ramlan SHAH ALAM, July 11 — Selangor aims to contribute 15 per cent of the overall e-waste collection in the country by 2026, via a special programme launched at the state level. Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari said Malaysia’s e-waste production is expected to reach 24.5...

PUTRAJAYA, May 18 — The Immigration Department (JIM) detained 33 foreign nationals in an enforcement operation at an electronic waste (e-waste) processing factory in Klang on Thursday (May 16).

KLANG, April 5 — The Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Ministry (NRES) will enhance collaboration with the Home Ministry (KDN) to intensify enforcement measures against the illegal processing of electrical and electronic waste (e-waste).

By Diana Abd Wahab SHAH ALAM, May 1 — A total of 167kg of electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) has been successfully collected by the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ). The local authority said it is in conjunction with the e-waste collection programme organised by the MPAJ...

SHAH ALAM, Dec 9 — The Selangor Department of Environment (DOE) in collaboration with the Royal Malaysian Customs Department detained three containers carrying loads of electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) weighing 100 tonnes at West Port, Klang, yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 1 — The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has rebranded its mobile e-waste recycling programme introduced in 2015 as Small Information Technology and Telecommunication Devices Recycling Project (Kitar) effective today.