It is has been 5 years since I logged in to this blog. It took that long for things to move in a positive direction when it comes to recycling of household wastes. Recently the Federal Government decided that households on certain states;Pahang, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Kedah , Perlis and the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya has to separate their rubbish. Any household that failed to do so, will not have their garbage collected. By 2016, any household that do not separate their rubbish risk being fined RM1,000 per offence.

That is rather steep. I have yet to see any educational ads in the mainstream media teaching folks how this is to be done.

I have been separating my dry recyclable rubbish since my interest in saving the Earth started. At first we had a recycling centre near our housing area but it closed down about two years ago when the hypermarket it operated from changed ownership. Since then, I have practised kerbside recycling of paper, cardboard, glass bottles, metal (steel and aluminium),and plastics  without any monetary benefits. I just separate my rubbish into different bags and place them outside to be collected by the garbage collection contractors.In some countries you get rebate from your assessment for doing that.

I take care of my kitchen wastes as well. Vegetable cuttings and fruit peelings, egg shells, food remnants and tea and coffee bags are some of the things that goes into the compost bin.

You may want to continue reading this news:
Negeri to Separate Household Wastes


Another news that I found interesting....  Children are better at it.

Well that is all for a start.