More Comprehensive Plan Needed For Waste Disposal
By Rosli Abidin Yahya

Bandar Seri Begawan - A systematic approach is needed to solve the problem of overflowing garbage at collection points as well indiscriminate dumping by litterbugs.

Residents of Perpindahan Kg Rimba said people need to be taught to throw rubbish inside bins instead of hurling it out of their car windows or placing the garbage outside the bins.

"The overflowing rubbish is caused by people throwing it anywhere they like near the collection point and not in the bins provided," they said.

Another resident called for rubbish to be collected from the houses to prevent indiscriminate dumping. "The service can either be free or at a nominal fee per month. The service must be provided to ensure a clean environment," he said.

He said it is useless to frighten litterbugs by placing surveillance cameras at places identified to be illegal dumping points.

"They will look for another convenient place to throw their rubbish. They will keep finding new places to pollute if cameras have been installed in previous dumping grounds. Hence the need to collect rubbish from houses to safeguard our environment," he added.

Another resident said a comprehensive programme for managing garbage needs to be developed.

"A study showed that 58 per cent of the city's household, commercial, and industrial waste can be recycled, 24 per cent incinerated and only 18 per cent to be deposited in a landfill. By collecting garbage from homes, the waste can be transported to a centralised sorting plant.

"By doing this, the number of landfills can be considerably reduced and the problem of contaminating groundwater will be lessened. Once groundwater is contaminated, it is extremely expensive and difficult, sometimes even impossible to clean up," he added. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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