Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of plastic wastes are dispatched to Malaysia every year, part of which is stuck in hundreds of containers that have remained unclaimed in several ports in Malaysia. Recently, the Royal Malaysian Customs Department in Penang detected 265 containers of plastic wastes that have not been claimed since January this year. At Westports in Port Kelang, 152 containers believed to be filled with contaminated plastic wastes have also been detected lying unclaimed. This is because they would require an AP to export plastic waste, so to hasten the export process the plastic waste is exported using the 3920 code which applies to solid waste such as plastic plates, sheets, films and foil strips. Some 750,000 tonnes of plastic wastes worth more than RM483 million entered this country in 2018, according to the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries.

Source: The Edge Markets June 07, 2019 17:26 UTC