Bad habits lead to polluted rivers


Rubbish comprising mostly bottles and plastic waste piled up along the river that runs through Bintulu in central Sarawak. Complaints about the dirty Kemana River is not new. It is downstream from residential and commercial areas. A market is also nearby. ZULAZHAR SHEBLEE / THE STAR

IT has been reported that an average of 2,200 tonnes of rubbish are collected every month from the trash traps installed in rivers across our country.

Despite the river rehabilitation efforts over the past years, our

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Opinion , Environment; Rivers

   

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