The Klang River in Malaysia has seen a significant decline in the amount of trash collected annually since 2016, according to Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad. Closet has additionally improved, shifting from Class Four and Five to Class Two, and even reaching Class One during the wet season. Odour issues have become much less frequent as well.
“Two river-cleaning machines (dubbed the Interceptors) have been used since 2019 and they have been very instrumental in accumulating rubbish, together with plastic waste and shows how the state government, Menteri Besar Incorporated (MBI) and Landasan Lumayan Sdn Bhd (LLSB) have achieved success,” Nik Nazmi advised reporters after visiting Mangrove Point leisure park.
Earlier, Nik Nazmi witnessed the signing of a collaboration between LLSB and the United Nations for Malaysia and Brunei community. LLSB reported that beneath the Selangor Maritime Gateway project, 86,021 metric tonnes of floating garbage, equal to the load of 470 Boeing 747 aircraft, had been removed from the Klang River..