The good news is that 3,373 tonnes of illegal waste has been shipped back to it's countries of origins. The bad news is that Malaysia still generates over 40,000 tonnes of its own waste a day. We look at some measures that we must undertake to reduce the amount of trash that we send to the landfill.

Produced by: Tasha Fusil

Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Aiman Rashad

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