18/03/2023  Use of Technological Incinerators to Address Waste Issue

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Also gaining the council's attention was the issue of waste management. Responding to the issue were the Minister of Development and Yang Berhormat Dato Seri Setia Dr. Awang Haji Mohammad Isham bin Haji Jaafar, Minister of Health. 

 

The Minister of Development said that the ministry has made several measures which include exploring the possibility of having a technological incinerator so that the waste can be burned and in turn the incinerator will be able to produce electricity. The Ministry of Development is looking for a way forward in order to meet objectives and the aim of utilising incineration is for the country to move away from using landfills as practised previously.

 

The Minister of Health in his response said that the health care waste are brought out in refrigerated trucks and stored in a refrigerated area while waiting for disposal. The incinerator is remotely controlled and monitored from Australia. Normal waste is disposed or incinerated at a certain temperature while clinical waste disposal will be at a higher temperature and cytotoxic or cancer waste will be at an even higher temperature.



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