29-04-2025
- Politics
- New Straits Times
Tampin to get solid waste transfer station
SEREMBAN: The federal government plans to develop a solid waste transfer station in Tampin as a temporary solid waste collection centre, the Negri Sembilan State Assembly was told today.
State Local Government Development, Housing and Transport Committee chairman J. Arul Kumar said the transfer station would serve as a site where solid waste collection vehicles such as compactors deliver waste before it is transported to the main disposal site on the same day.
"For the long-term plan, all solid waste in the state will be disposed of at the Ladang Tanah Merah sanitary solid waste disposal site in Port Dickson, which houses a completed waste segregation facility (WSF) and waste-to-energy (WTE) facility," he said in reply to a question from Yew Boon Lye (PH-Chuah).
Yew had asked the state government to provide details on the number of active landfill sites in the state and the estimated lifespan of each site.
Arul (PH-Nilai) said the Ladang Tanah Merah Sanitary Solid Waste Disposal Site in Port Dickson is the first of its kind in Malaysia, developed in cooperation with the federal government to upgrade to a more environmentally friendly waste disposal system and method.
He said that with such a solid waste management system, waste delivery services could be improved without disrupting existing solid waste collection and public cleaning service schedules.
Arul said that under the Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Management Act 2007, the federal government had taken over the operation of five solid waste disposal sites in the state starting Nov 1, 2016.
However, beginning in 2019, two landfill sites ceased operations due to being full – the Keru Solid Waste Disposal Site in Tampin and the Kok Foh Solid Waste Disposal Site in Jempol.
"Currently, only three solid waste disposal sites remain in operation – the Ladang Tanah Merah Integrated Sanitary Solid Waste Disposal Site in Port Dickson; the Ulu Maasop Solid Waste Disposal Site in Kuala Pilah (with a lifespan of two years and nine months, until 2028); and the Sungai Muntoh Solid Waste Disposal Site in Jelebu (with a lifespan until 2118)," he said.
For now, the federal government has no plans to upgrade the existing three landfill sites or to construct new ones to replace the Ulu Maasop site in Kuala Pilah or the Sungai Muntoh site in Jelebu, he said.
– Bernama
