Govt targets six waste-to-energy plants by 2021

MELAKA: The Ministry of Housing and Local Government aims to have at least six waste-to-energy (WTE) plants to be built nationwide by 2021.

Minister of Housing and Local Government Zuraida Kamaruddin said the WTE system is cleaner, more productive and economical than conventional landfill that requires a large area of land.

“We hope that every state will have one WTE plant as it does not need a large space or land area, which can be very costly.

“For a start, the only landfill that we will transform to adopt the WTE system is this Sungai Udang sanitary landfill,” she told reporters after visiting the landfill here yesterday.