Overview

The existence of a chain of big waste-processing companies near people’s houses and a school in Jenjarom, Kuala Langat confers significant discomfort. Residents report bad smells from the smoke of the factories, as well as bad health symptoms. Through field investigations, it has come to light that these factories do not fully comply with the Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA); insider information also corroborated that co-incineration of plastic wastes (mixed wastes) take place in at least one of these facilities. The issue of indiscriminate plastic waste dumping, and the subsequent lack of remediation efforts by relevant authorities has been a problem in the area; the most recent site we found has lots of foreign waste. No agreement or communication prior to dumping ever takes place between the residents and those parties.