Small urban rivers, such as Selangor’s Klang River, are among the most polluting.

It’s part of the more than 1,000 rivers globally that account for 80 percent of plastic waste found in the ocean. So what can we do to clean up the river? What approach is needed?

Cha Ly Koh, CEO of Urbanmetry tells us.

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Produced by: Arleen Webber

Presented by: Khoo Hsu Chuang, Wong Shou Ning, Shazana Mokhtar

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Tags:  Klang river,  urban litter,  rivers,  pollution,  plastic,  waste,  ocean,