Environmental Quality Act 1974- Act 127
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Bukit Antarabangsa Landslide: When Will Lessons be Learned?
It seems that it is another case of "Lesson not Learned" in Malaysia. As detailed earlier in this post, Malaysia's great annual rainfall has made hillside development extremely risky. For the past 10 years, landslides have been too common for a nation aspiring to achieve developed nation status by year 2020. Lives perished, houses rubbled, yet it is not enough to convince the authorities to take a much more stringent measures in regulating hillside developments.
As noted by Dr Gue See Sew, a geo-technical engineer to the press, the disaster is totally man-made and has no relations to the geographical structure of the region. In short, when you have heavy downpour and uncovered land due to improper hillside development, you will encounter landslides.
Now we get is a bunch of furores amidst the chaos, but who will ensure that a proper system will be implemented to solve the issues? If no steps are taken swiftly, it is likely that the tragedy will be swept beneath the carpet and allowed to fade away with time. However, unbeknownst to many, ignoring such issues will be like sweeping nails and pins down the carpet, you will never know when you will ever get pricked while walking on it.
Environe Tips of The Day #4
1. Compost organic wastes as fertilizer
2. Support and promote local recycling programmes. Recycle your trash as much as possible
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Biodegradation by Comparison
Biodegradation occurs when it is decomposed by enzymes produced by organism. We all know that is is difficult for plastics to biodegrade, but how difficult?
Below is a list of rate of biodegradation by comparison:
- Banana peel, 2 – 10 days
- Orange peels, 1 month
- Sugarcane Pulp Products, 1 - 2 months
- Cotton rags, 1 – 5 months
- Paper, 2 – 5 months
- Rope, 3 – 14 months
- Wool socks, 1 – 5 years
- Cigarette filters, 1 – 12 years
- Tetrapaks (plastic composite milk cartons), 5 years
- Plastic bags, 10 – 20 years
- Diapers 200 – 500 years
- Leather shoes, 25 – 40 years
- Nylon fabric, 30 – 40 years
- Tin cans 50 - 100 years
- Aluminum cans 200 - 500 years
- Plastic Bottles 70 - 450 years
- Plastic six-pack holder rings, 450 years
- XPS Foam cup, non-biodegradeable
- Biodegradable Plastic Bags, 75 days
- Biodegradable Paper Cups, 75 days
- Sugarcane Bagasse Products, Within 180 Days Now that you know how long each type of materials last, so be wise when choosing which daily items to buy.
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