If your company is in the industrial factory land naturally it is categorising as industrial waste, then you are required to engage a private licensed waste disposal company to pickup waste generated out from your factory. The private waste contractor will help you dispose the waste to the designated landfill. Simple clear cut.
If your office is in the shoplot cum your warehouse. This gets tricky. The local authorities or Majlis Bandaraya waste disposal services will only pickup your small black coloured plastic bags.
If you threw out wooden pallets, bulky items such as old office chair or your office couch. Your local garbage truck would not take it.
You’ll probably thinking but why? Sampah is Sampah mah!
Who am I going to call? Don’t panic! Take a breath. Pause.
Let us explain, your shoplot cum warehouse has generated 2 different kinds of waste. The quit rent to the local authorities, takes care of your domestic waste bag that is the leftover food package, tissue papers etc or those small black plastic bags filled with waste. This the plastic bag full of waste, you place on the side of your shoplot and the garbage truck comes over every alternate days to pickup your waste from your shoplot. Those are taken by the local authorities waste contractor.
Your broken chair or wooden pallet coming out of your shoplot cum warehouse is now considered as commercial or industrial waste. Who do you have to call for this type of industrial or commercial waste?
You have to engage a private waste management service company to handle your industrial or commercial waste. Make sure to inquire your chosen waste disposal company whether the company has the necessary license and paperwork. A waste disposal licensee has gone through a rigours screening by the local authorities or under the Kementerian Perumahan dan KesihatanTempatan ( Ministry of Local Government) i.e. Jabatan Sisa Pepejal Negara to comply with the environmental laws to dispose to the proper landfill to keep the environment safe and clean.
4 Key takeaway for shoplot owners
- Identify your waste
Small black plastic bags, handled by the local authorities’ waste contractors
Big and bulky waste handled by private waste management companies
- Separate your waste
- Does your waste contractor have the proper license? Waste compliant to the disposal
- Lastly, make your inquiries and pick your private waste management contractor to handle your commercial or industrial waste
Not all sampah are the same. Different categories required different handling and licenses.
To learn more, you are read the article on General waste Vs Scheduled Waste
