The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) and Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) are part of the newly-launched Break Free from Plastic movement to stem the tide of plastic pollution across the globe. It is reported that each year, at least 8 million tonnes of plastics leak into the ocean. Estimates suggest that there are over 150 …
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Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) urges the Penang state government and Department of Environment (DOE) to take urgent action to curb industrial waste pollution in Kebun Kuyung, near Nibong Tebal in Seberang Perai Selatan district. There are three factories operating in Kebun Kuyung. The pollution that has been persisting since 10 years ago is not …
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马来西亚自然之友呼吁亚洲资源（马）有限公司（ResourceCo Asia）即刻将准备为拉法基股份有限公司（Lafarge）制造燃料而进口的固体废物运回澳洲。 一位有责任心的公众首先将此事件通知自然之友，揭露这家位于霹雳怡保花园工业区的公司，将固体废物申报为固体燃料。他们企图偷龙转凤的原因，是我国严禁危险性废物和其他回收废物进口。 根据亚洲资源主页所示，这家公司是在2010年10月在大马注册，接着在2011年5月承诺为拉法基马供应燃料。其手法与澳洲加工工程燃料（PEF）同出一轍。它指出，怡保的工厂设施每年可生产5万吨PEF。所生产的燃料，是用来共烧拉法基马位于拱桥和万扰的洋灰窑。 自然之友已经向环境局与关税局跟进有关事件。环境局回信向自然之友指出，根据巴塞尔公约第9条对控制危险废物越境及其处置的规定，这些废物必须运回澳洲。 根据巴塞尔公约第9条，危险废物越境与其处理，若出现以下情况，即为非法入境： ·没有依照该公约的规定，通知所有相关国家； ·没有获得相关国家许可； ·通过伪造、伪报或欺诈手段获得同意； ·运输路径与文件所列实质不符； ·在运输时出现蓄意处置危险废物和其他废物，并违反了公约一般原则和国际法。 由于截止10月初有关废物仍存放在工厂，因此自然之友继续以行动抗议和呼吁亚洲资源即刻将废物运回。我们也呼吁环境局和相关部门，对该公司进行非法运输固体废物、伪造进口文件和违抗环境局指示撤回固体废物到澳洲，采取严厉行动。 马来西亚不是垃圾场，请将废物撤回澳洲。 大马自然之友主席莫哈末依里斯局绅
Sahabat Alam Malaysia urges ResourceCo Asia (M) Sdn Bhd to immediately return the solid waste that has been imported from Australia for the purpose of manufacturing fuel for Lafarge. This issue was first brought to SAM’s attention by a concerned individual who found that the company located in IGB Industrial Park in Ipoh, Perak had falsified import documents to …
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“Plantations are not Forests” Social organizations from several countries in Latin America, Africa and Asia[i] signed a joint Declaration[ii] on the occasion of September 21, the International Day of Struggle against Tree Monocultures. “Since 2006, every September 21st we commemorate the International Day of Struggle against Tree Monocultures, as a way of breaking the circle of silence …
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Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) has urged the Department of Environment (DOE) of Perak to investigate and take stern action against those responsible in polluting Sungai Rui, near Gerik recently. In addition to the stringent action, the party responsible for committing the offence should also be subject to heavy penalties, commensurate with the adverse effects …
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With a treaty on mercury to be signed next month, concern is growing that toxic mercury fillings will be dumped into developing nations. In a letter to U.S. manufacturer Dentsply, 62 health, social justice, and environmental groups from 40 nations and six continents ask its president, Bret Wise, to cease selling dental amalgam to developing …
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (Headquarters)
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11400 Penang,
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Sahabat Alam Malaysia (Marudi Office)
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Baram, Sarawak,
Malaysia
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Sahabat Alam Malaysia (Headquarters)
No. 1, Jalan Joki, 11400 Penang,
Malaysia
Tel: +604 827 6930
Fax: +604 827 6932
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (Marudi Office)
129A, First Floor,
Jalan Tuanku Taha,
P.O.Box 216,
98058 Marudi, Baram, Sarawak,
Malaysia
Tel & Fax: +6085 758 973