Company fined for not labelling containers filled with wastes

KOTA KINABALU: A company was fined a total of RM6,000 for two offences of not labelling containers filled with scheduled wastes and failure to keep accurate and up-to-date inventory.

Sessions Court judge Elsie Primus imposed the fine on DKV Automobil Sdn Bhd after its representative, Chua Kok Lip, pleaded guilty to both charges yesterday.

On the first count the company was fined RM3,000, in default, one month in jail for having containers filled with used lubricant oil and filters contaminated with scheduled wastes, which were not labelled for identification and warning purposes.

It was an offence under Regulation 10(2), of the Environmental Quality (Scheduled Wastes) Regulations 2005 and punishable under Section 41 of the Environmental Quality Act 1974.

The indictment provides for a fine of up to RM10,000 or a jail term of up to two years, upon conviction.

On the second count, the company was fined another RM3,000, in default, one month in jail for failure to keep accurate and up-to-date inventory of the scheduled wastes for a period of three years.

For this offence, it was under Regulation 11, of the Environmental Quality (Scheduled Wastes) Regulations 2005 and punishable under Section 41 of the Environmental Quality Act 1974.

The company was found to have committed both offences at the company's premises in Jalan Tuaran, Inanam here between 2.15pm and 2.45pm on April 23, 2019.

Based on facts of the case, the environmental officer, who went to the company's premises for inspection, found three containers filled with used lubricant oil (code SW305) and another container containing filters contaminated with scheduled wastes (code SW410).

The containers were not labelled in accordance with the types applicable to them as specified in the Third Schedule and marked with the scheduled waste code as specified in the First Schedule for identification and warning purposes.

The inspection also found that the company did not keep an accurate and up-to-date inventory in accordance with the Fifth Schedule of the categories and quantities of scheduled wastes being generated, treated and disposed of and of materials or products recovered from such scheduled wastes for a period up to three years from the date the scheduled wastes was generated.