In Malaysia, the problems of littering and also irresponsible disposal of rubbish have become more serious than ever. There have been so many actions taken to prevent these problems from keep happening but still, some culprits never learned their lesson. Recently, Taiping Municipal Council (MPT) has taken the strict initiative to track these culprits.
They have taken this issue to their official Facebook page to showcase their initiative towards stopping all the irresponsible Malaysians from throwing their rubbish in non-designated disposal areas and it is by installing CCTV cameras to track and also to find them.
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Posted by Majlis Perbandaran Taiping on Saturday, February 27, 2021
According to the post,
“The problem of illegal rubbish piles in residential areas and outside of garbage bins are still endless and is at a very critical level. Cleaning is done regularly with a frequency of once a week and the estimated weight of illegal waste reaches 40 tons during one cleaning job”.
They also added,
“To monitor illegal waste disposal and the habit of throwing rubbish outside the bin, the Taiping Municipal Council (MPT) has implemented the Portable CCTV Pilot Project in two hotspots since December of last year”.
The two hotspots are the Kamunting market garbage disposal lot and Taman Kota Jaya, Simpang. MPT also mentioned that they have successfully recorded the activities of irresponsible parties throwing garbage outside the rubbish bin and illegally, in both of the locations. The CCTV footage also managed to record the registration number of the vehicle owners who were detected dumping garbage in the areas. They then check at the Road Transport Department to identify the vehicle owners.
Since they’ve launched this initiative, they’ve successfully issued 67 compound offers amounting to RM16,750.00 and another 18 compound offers amounting in RM4,500.00.
They also mentioned,
“Any parties who dump illegal waste will be prosecuted under the Public Hygiene By-Laws (Taiping Municipal Council) 1984 (Pk.P.U.18). A compound offer of not more than RM250.00 will be issued and if convicted, perpetrators may be fined not more than RM2,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both”.
Sources: Facebook Majlis Perbandaran Taiping.