Wednesday, 18 June 2025

Varsity asked to work with council on landfills

SIBU: Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) chairman Clarence Ting Ing Horh called for collaboration between the council and the University of Technology Sarawak (UTS) to resolve the mounting crisis of local landfills. According to him, the landfills had rapidly surpassed the expected lifespan or timeline for reaching their current stage. This, he said, is a clear […]

Firefighters battle 12-hour blaze at Kota Samarahan landfill

KUCHING: Firefighters battled for twelve hours to put out a fire that erupted in a landfill near Jalan Datuk Mohammad Musa in Kota Samarahan yesterday (Apr 20). The State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations centre said they received a distress call regarding the incident at 4.04am. “Upon arrival, the fire had already engulfed several […]

Landfill to benefit Lundu, Bau residents

LUNDU: A landfill costing RM40 million that will be built soon here is expected to benefit both the residents of Lundu and Bau districts. According to Opar assemblyman Billy Sujang, the project will be implemented in two phases where phase one involves the construction of an access road approximately 1 kilometre from the main road, […]

Three more Rs to lessen waste management burden

KUCHING: Everyone should practise the 6Rs – reduce, reuse, recycle, rethink, refuse, repair – to support sustainability and lessen the funds required for waste management. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said this was an expansion of the initial 3Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle), aimed at encouraging a change of mindset among the […]