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The Ministry of Housing and Local Government (Malay: Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan), abbreviated KPKT, is a ministry of the Government of Malaysia that is responsible for urban well-being, housing, local government, town planning, country planning, fire and rescue authority, landscape, solid waste management, strata management, moneylenders, pawnbrokers.
The Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Management Act 2007 (Malay: Akta Pengurusan Sisa Pepejal dan Pembersihan Awam 2007) is an Act of the Parliament of Malaysia.It was enacted to provide for and regulate the management of controlled solid waste and public cleansing for the purpose of maintaining proper sanitation and for matters incidental thereto.
The agency falls under the Department of Federal Territories of Malaysia. PL is responsible for public health and sanitation, waste removal and management, town planning, environmental protection and building control, social and economic development, and general maintenance functions of urban infrastructure.
Alam Flora Sdn Bhd (styled as Alamflora) is a Malaysian solid waste management and public cleansing privatisation state-owned enterprise.Established in 1995 under the Malaysian government, it was established as a wholly-owned subsidiary of DRB-HICOM, a Malaysian infrastructure conglomerate, and was sold in 2019 to Malakoff.
Local governments in Malaysia have limited autonomy, including the authority to collect assessment taxes, enforce by-laws, and issue licenses and permits for trade within their respective areas. They are also responsible for providing basic amenities, managing municipal waste, and overseeing urban planning and development within their ...
It is the first local authority in Malaysia that was privatised, although Johor Corporation is the investment arm of the Johor State Government. This agency was granted municipal status on 2 August 2010 and named Pasir Gudang Municipal Council ( MPPG ; Malay : Majlis Perbandaran Pasir Gudang ).
The 8th Malaysia Plan also recommends Water Demand Management as a tool to ‘stretch’ existing supplies and delay the development of large capital-intensive projects. Tariffs and cost recovery . In the long run, the Federal Government wants the state operators to achieve full cost recovery and attain financial independence. [ 15 ]
In January 2018, China launched the National Sword policy, banning plastic waste imports. Since then, imports of plastic waste into Malaysia has surged. According to a Greenpeace report "Malaysia imported 195,444.46 metric tonnes of plastic waste from the United States (US) from January to July 2018 alone, in comparison to a total of 97,544 metric tonnes for January to November 2017". [7]