KUCHING: About 600 residents of Jalan Semaba will be the first to benefit from Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) and Trienekens (Sarawak) Sdn Bhd’s pilot project to provide kerbside recycling collection service.
The trial house-to-house collection service means residents will be able to recycle their household waste at source with ease and enjoy a scheduled collection service right at their doorsteps.
Recycling has always been one of MPP’s main agenda and ongoing council programmes are carried out to raise better awareness about its importance and how it can contribute towards waste reduction and environmental conservation.
MPP chairman Lo Khere Chiang said that under the project, residents would have their recyclables collected from their kerbside.
“Its main goal is also to increase the current household recycling rate while laying the foundation for better awareness and setting best recycling practices starting at home.
“Recycling at source will definitely be a great opportunity for all to reduce waste and divert it from going to the landfill.
“We hope residents will understand the need to do waste segregation at source and find it easier to recycle given the collection facility. Over time, the practice should become a way of life in their everyday routine,” he said during the launching of the kerbside recycling collection pilot project at SJK Chung Hua Sg Lubak, Jalan Semaba here.
Lo said if the first phase of the pilot project succeeded, he hoped to extend it to other locations.
“Some of the possible areas we are looking at are RPR Batu Kawa and Bengoh Resettlement Scheme,” he added.
Meanwhile, Trienekens Group chief executive officer (CEO) Stephen Chin said the six-month pilot project would involve several households at Jalan Semaba area (Lorong 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13).
“Together with Trienekens, the council will distribute educational leaflets and special recycling stickers at these areas two weeks prior to the first collection day.
“Residents are requested to separate their household waste and pack their recyclables in used plastic bags or boxes, marked with the stickers to indicate that the contents are for collection, “ he said, adding that the packed recyclables would be left outside the residents’ houses for collection.
He advised households to put their recyclables out early on collection day.
“The first house-to-house kerbside collection for Jalan Semaba is targeted to be carried out on January 3, 2019,” he added.
Recyclables that will be collected are household e-waste, aluminium, plastic, steel, paper and cardboard. Normal household waste in green bins will continue to be collected twice-weekly, according to the housing estates’ regular schedule.
For more information about the project, the residents from Jalan Semaba are advised to call Trienekens’ Hotline at 082-612300.
