The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (NRE), Malaysia, is expected to introduce household e-waste management and control legislation on the matter by 2018. The decision was agreed upon at the meeting of state Environment Ministers and Executive Committee Members responsible for the environment (Mexcoe). Mexcoe is a formal forum to encourage cooperation and coordination between the federal and state governments in the management of environmental issues.
“The Department of Environment (DoE) is cooperating with the Japan Cooperation Agency (JICA) to develop the household e-waste management and control system. “DoE will look into and get legal advice from the ministry and if the legislation is ready, by 2018, we (Malaysia) will have a system and legislation relating to the management and handling of household e-waste,” said NRE Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar.
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Malaysia to legislate household e-waste management
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