Company Fined RM75,000 for Illegal Solid Waste Recycling Plant

: A company was fined RM75,000 by the Sessions Court today after it admitted to building a solid waste recycling plant in July without obtaining the required Environmental Impact Assessment approval from the Department of Environment .

The company was accused of constructing a solid waste recycling plant for plastic waste without prior approval from the director-general of Environmental Quality, in violation of Activity 14 of the First Schedule under the Environmental Quality Order 2015. The charge was framed under Section 34A of the Environmental Quality Act 1974, which is punishable by a fine of up to RM500,000, imprisonment for a maximum of five years, or both upon conviction.

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