tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60006864990803749242024-02-07T10:54:47.599+08:00IzanJay-Environmental Articles/News CollectionIzanJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16176417509002613135noreply@blogger.comBlogger161125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000686499080374924.post-79871469782295105032022-01-08T11:54:00.002+08:002022-01-10T11:55:02.134+08:00Mekanisme sosial pastikan pihak musnah alam bertanggungjawab<p>BERITA HARIAN </p><p>Source : <a href="https://www.bharian.com.my/kolumnis/2022/01/909115/mekanisme-sosial-pastikan-pihak-musnah-alam-bertanggungjawab">https://www.bharian.com.my/kolumnis/2022/01/909115/mekanisme-sosial-pastikan-pihak-musnah-alam-bertanggungjawab</a></p>IzanJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16176417509002613135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000686499080374924.post-75280862361273315952022-01-07T11:52:00.000+08:002022-01-10T11:52:38.826+08:00Imbangi pembangunan, kelestarian alam sekitar<p>BERITA HARIAN </p><p>Sumber : <a href="https://www.bharian.com.my/rencana/komentar/2022/01/908737/imbangi-pembangunan-kelestarian-alam-sekitar">https://www.bharian.com.my/rencana/komentar/2022/01/908737/imbangi-pembangunan-kelestarian-alam-sekitar</a></p>IzanJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16176417509002613135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000686499080374924.post-29062634155603208912021-12-28T11:37:00.001+08:002022-01-10T11:42:43.098+08:00KASA approves use of portable pyrolysis for solid waste disposal<p>BERNAMA</p><p>Source : <a href="https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/kasa-approves-use-portable-pyrolysis-solid-waste-disposal">https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/kasa-approves-use-portable-pyrolysis-solid-waste-disposal</a></p><p><br /></p>IzanJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16176417509002613135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000686499080374924.post-51390508414964420172019-01-04T14:07:00.004+08:002019-01-04T14:07:47.207+08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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PULAU PINANG 26 Ogos - Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak memberi jaminan projek tebus guna tanah bagi membentuk tiga buah pulau buatan di selatan perairan negeri ini tidak akan diluluskan sekiranya menjejaskan penduduk dan alam sekitar.</div>
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Menurut Perdana Menteri, dua kriteria itu seharusnya menjadi pertimbangan utama dalam mana-mana projek pembangunan selain perlu mempertimbangkan pelan alternatif yang menjimatkan wang rakyat.</div>
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“Berdasarkan kriteria-kriteria ini, Kerajaan Pusat akan tentukan pendirian kita berhubung cadangan tambakan laut seluas kira-kira 1,800 hektar oleh Kerajaan DAP Pulau di sini,” katanya ketika berucap merasmikan Majlis Jamuan Rakyat di Balik Pulau di sini hari ini. - UTUSAN ONLINE</div>
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<strong>SAHABAT </strong>Alam Malaysia (SAM) menggesa Majlis Perbandaran Langkawi (MPL) mengambil tindakan segera bagi mengatasi masalah pencemaran sisa buangan yang menjejaskan alam sekitar dan keindahan pulau tersebut. </div>
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Dalam tinjauan dibuat di Pantai Kok, Teluk Ewa dan Bukit Malut baru-baru ini, SAM mendapati keadaan di beberapa lokasi di kawasan berkenaan cukup kotor dan jijik dipandang. </div>
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Pelbagai bahan buangan seperti kertas, barangan plastik dan sisa binaan dilonggokkan oleh pihak tidak bertanggungjawab di tepi jalan di kawasan tersebut yang sering dilalui oleh orang ramai.</div>
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SAM bimbang keadaan tidak bersih itu akan menjadi tempat pembiakan nyamuk dan tikus yang boleh mencetuskan pelbagai masalah kesihatan dalam kalangan penduduk tempatan serta pelancong yang melawat pulau berkenaan. </div>
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Pihak kami kesal walaupun masalah itu sudah lama berlaku namun tiada tindakan diambil bagi mengatasinya. </div>
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Justeru, MPL digesa mengambil tindakan tegas ke atas pihak terbabit dengan menguatkuasakan undang-undang sedia ada bagi memastikan masalah serupa tidak berulang. </div>
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Di samping itu, pihak kami berharap MPL mempertingkatkan kawalan dan penguatkuasaan bagi mencegah berlakunya pencemaran alam sekitar yang lebih serius di tapak pelupusan sampah di Kilim. </div>
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SAM mendapati udara di kawasan tersebut dicemari bau busuk dan wujud kebimbangan air daripada sisa sampah akan mencemarkan sungai berdekatan.</div>
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KOTA TINGGI 23 Ogos - Seminggu lalu orang ramai dikejutkan dengan cerita lambakan ikan di Pantai Tuan Seh, Tanjung Sedili dekat sini dan semalam dianggarkan ribuan ikan pula ditemukan mati dipercayai akibat pencemaran air di sepanjang tebing Sungai Johor. </div>
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Dianggarkan hampir satu tan metrik ikan daripada spesies baung, lampam dan udang galah dilaporkan musnah menyebabkan pendapatan lebih 28 nelayan Sungai Johor di Kampung Orang Asli Sayong Pinang, dekat sini terjejas.</div>
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Penduduk mendakwa, pencemaran itu berpunca daripada pelepasan sisa toksik dan bahan kimia daripada kilang-kilang yang beroperasi di sepanjang sungai tersebut.</div>
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Tinjauan Utusan Malaysia bersama beberapa penduduk berdekatan sungai di kampung tersebut menemukan beribu ikan terdampar di beting pasir dan tebing sungai berkenaan.</div>
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Seorang penduduk, <strong>Amat Royut</strong>, 74, berkata, kejadian itu dipercayai berlaku malam kelmarin dan mereka hanya menyedarinya semasa hendak turun ke sungai pagi semalam. </div>
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“Pendapatan kami yang bergantung hidup hasil tangkapan ikan sungai kini terjejas dan pencemaran ini akan mengakibatkan ikan pupus serta mengambil masa sekurang-kurangnya empat atau lima bulan untuk pulih semula,” katanya.</div>
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Sementara itu, anaknya,<strong> Azamain Amat</strong>, 37, yang juga nelayan darat kini terpaksa mencari dan membuat kerja lain bagi menampung kehidupan keluarga bagi tempoh yang agak lama sebelum dapat turun semula ke sungai untuk menangkap ikan.</div>
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Sebelum pencemaran itu berlaku, dia mampu meraih pendapatan antara RM40 dan RM60 sehari daripada hasil tangkapan ikan di sungai berkenaan.</div>
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“Kami mahu pihak berkenaan menyiasat punca pencemaran ini dan jika betul berpunca daripada kilang-kilang berkenaan, kami mahu tindakan tegas diambil atau tutup terus kilang tersebut,” katanya.</div>
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Sementara itu, Pegawai Perikanan Daerah Kota Tinggi, <strong>Norazli Hairudin</strong> berkata, pihaknya telah mengambil sampel ikan yang mati bagi menyiasat punca kejadian tersebut.</div>
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“Kami akan membawa balik ikan tersebut ke makmal sebelum langkah dan tindakan seterusnya diambil,” katanya.</div>
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BARU-BARU ini, Menteri Sumber Asli dan Alam Sekitar, Datuk Seri Dr. Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar dilaporkan berkata, kajian saintifik antarabangsa yang dibuat oleh sekumpulan pakar mendapati sebahagian besar kepulauan Asia Pasifik termasuk Malaysia akan tenggelam menjelang 2100.</div>
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Menurut beliau, berdasarkan keadaan bentuk muka bumi yang rendah, Kedah dikenal pasti sebagai antara lokasi yang mempunyai risiko tinggi untuk tenggelam. Selain negeri di utara Semenanjung Malaysia tersebut, kebanyakan kawasan pesisiran pantai turut berdepan dengan masalah berkenaan.</div>
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Kenyataan yang dibuat beliau selepas merasmikan Persidangan Antarabangsa Pembangunan Hutan Mampan Mengenai Perubahan Iklim (SFDCC) anjuran Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) pada 9 Ogos lalu sewajarnya dipandang serius dan tidak berakhir begitu sahaja tanpa sebarang solusi.</div>
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Fenomena air pasang surut yang sedang melanda beberapa kawasan pantai di Selangor kini sehingga menerjah daratan sepatutnya membuka mata kita untuk lebih pro-aktif menjaga pelepasan gas rumah hijau seperti karbon dioksida.</div>
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Mungkin pakar geologi mahupun saintis akan mengatakan apa kaitan fenomena air pasang surut dengan pemanasan global yang sebenarnya ibarat anai-anai memakan gobok kayu sedikit demi sedikit sejak revolusi perindustrian meletus pada awal kurun ke-19.</div>
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Sifir matematiknya amat mudah apabila air pasang dari laut maka ia akan melimpah ke tebing dan akan bertemu air dari sungai di muara mahupun pesisir pantai. Jika air dari pemanasan global akibat aktiviti ais yang mencair di kutub utara semakin aktif maka potensi banjir besar berlaku amat tinggi. Kejadian banjir di beberapa tempat di Jeram dan Ijok, Kuala Selangor tahun lalu membuktikan teori ini benar-benar boleh berlaku.</div>
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Jika ais masih membeku maka kadar ais yang cair tidak akan menghasilkan kuantiti air laut yang banyak dan mampu mewujudkan air pasang besar. Pada faktanya, aktiviti pelepasan gas karbon dioksida yang banyak akibat kegiatan ekonomi seperti perkilangan dan pembalakan hutan menjadi pemangkin untuk ais beku mencair dan menenggelamkan negeri-negeri di utara Semenanjung Malaysia.</div>
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Menurut Wan Junaidi, kajian menunjukkan peningkatan karbon dioksida (CO2) sebanyak 450 bahagian dalam setiap sejuta (ppm) sudah memadai untuk mencairkan ais di kawasan Kutub Utara. Melihat kepada keadaan sekarang, pemanasan global boleh mencecah kira-kira 560ppm menjelang tahun 2100. Keadaan ini mampu meningkatkan paras air laut kira-kira 25 meter.</div>
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Selain pembebasan CO2, kecairan ais yang berlaku, adalah berpunca daripada pemanasan global yang disebabkan oleh pembuangan sisa industri yang tidak dikawal dan pertambahan penduduk manusia. Beliau berkata, langkah terbaik untuk memperlahankan pencairan ais ialah dengan mengehadkan aktiviti yang menyebabkan pemanasan global.</div>
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Kegagalan Malaysia untuk mematuhi garis panduan yang ditetapkan oleh Konvensyen Rangka Kerja Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu bagi Perubahan Iklim (UNFCCC) juga akan menyaksikan negara berdepan dengan masalah-masalah lain seperti kesukaran untuk meramalkan perubahan iklim termasuk peningkatan suhu, ribut taufan, hujan dan sebagainya.</div>
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Kajian-kajian berkaitan perubahan iklim serta strategik perlu dipertingkatkan lagi untuk memastikan bekalan hutan yang mampan dan fungsinya tidak terjejas agar dapat dimanfaatkan kepada generasi akan datang.</div>
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Sewajarnya kita harus menjaga dan memulihara hutan hijau sama ada hutan simpan mahupun hutan pokok bakau sepanjang pantai. Kaedah ini mampu mewujudkan keseimbangan ekologi yang mampu mengimbangi fenomena pemanasan global yang telah menjadi fokus dunia sehingga wujudnya Protokol Kyoto yang gagal mendisiplinkan negara kuasa besar untuk menjaga Bumi ini.</div>
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Perubahan cuaca dunia hari ini seolah-olah tidak dipedulikan oleh kita. Dalam kita kalut dengan agenda ekonomi dan politik akhirnya Maha Pencipta sikit demi sedikit menunjukkan kuasanya. Banjir kuning di Kelantan dan Perak awal tahun lalu amat mengejutkan, taufan di Filipina, gempa bumi melanda Sabah menunjukkan negara ini dan jiran kita berkongsi bencana alam yang sama akibat tangan-tangan kita sendiri.</div>
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Mungkin fenomena air pasang besar suatu petanda bumi ini sedang merintih kerana dunia semakin panas akibat manusia rakus dengan agenda dunia mereka hingga langsung lupa mereka berpijak di atas apa. Peliharalah bumi ini kerana kita meminjamnya dari anak kita. Jangan sampai tidak mampu ‘membayarnya’ semula.</div>
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<br />IzanJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16176417509002613135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000686499080374924.post-22432696891102485012016-09-19T17:30:00.000+08:002016-09-20T17:31:27.967+08:00Alam sekitar: Berkorban atau terkorban? PANDANGAN IKIM <span style="color: #333333; font-family: "droid" serif , "georgia" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px;">Sour</span><span style="background-color: white;">ce : Berita Harian Online</span></span><br />
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BERSEDIAKAH kita berkorban untuk alam sekitar yang lestari? Sanggupkah kita berkorban mengubah cara hidup yang merosakkan persekitaran kepada cara hidup lestari atau berkorban masa dan tenaga untuk memperoleh alam sekitar yang sejahtera?</div>
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Manusia secara semula jadinya tidak dapat lari daripada melakukan pengorbanan dalam hidupnya. Tidak kira pengorbanan kecil atau besar. Sebagai contoh, mengorbankan masa dan tenaga untuk menjaga ibu bapa yang tidak sihat atau mengorbankan masa santai untuk bersukan dan bersenam demi kesihatan tubuh badan.</div>
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Sebagai Muslim, di dalam bulan Zulhijah yang mulia ini, kita dituntut melakukan ibadah korban. Dalam hal ini, bukanlah daging korban itu yang diperlukan oleh Allah SWT tetapi tanda keimanan seorang hamba-Nya yang sanggup melepaskan sesuatu (wang ringgit misalnya) untuk melaksanakan tuntutan Maha Pencipta. Ibadah korban ini juga satu tanda kesyukuran atas segala nikmat yang telah dikurniakan Allah SWT kepada manusia.</div>
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Berkaitan dengan alam sekitar yang lestari pula, kita semua mendambakan hidup di dalam alam yang bersih dan suci. Alangkah indahnya, jika kita dapat menghirup udara segar tanpa apa-apa pencemaran. Alangkah baiknya, jika kita dapat makan makanan yang terhasil daripada tanaman bebas racun perosak. Kini, semua itu agak sukar diperoleh kerana udara yang kita hirup setiap hari telah dipenuhi pelbagai bahan pencemar. Malah, masalah degradasi tanah dan kekurangan tanah pertanian akibat pembangunan pesat menuntut kebanyakan tapak pertanian menggunakan baja kimia dalam proses pengeluaran hasil pertanian.</div>
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Dambaan kita untuk memperoleh alam sekitar yang bersih dan sihat tidak boleh hanya sekadar dambaan. Kita harus berusaha mendapatkannya. Kita harus berkorban sesuatu untuk memperolehnya. Seperti yang disebutkan awal tadi, pengorbanan yang dimaksudkan berkait dengan kesungguhan kita untuk mengubah cara hidup supaya lebih mesra alam.<br />
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Cara hidup zaman ini kebanyakannya tidak menggambarkan cara hidup yang lestari. Sebagai contoh, kita menghasilkan terlalu banyak sampah. Ini adalah satu gambaran gaya hidup yang bergantung kepada penggunaan yang tinggi dan juga membazir. Masyarakat zaman ini adalah masyarakat pengguna yang suka membeli mengikut kehendak dan bukannya keperluan. Cuba lihat di dapur rumah masing-masing. Berapa banyakkah sisa makanan yang terbuang setiap hari? Berapa banyak pula sampah plastik atau kertas yang terhasil setiap hari? Banyak bukan? Ini adalah tanda penggunaan yang tinggi dan apabila tinggi penggunaan maka lebih banyaklah sisa yang terhasil. Malah ini juga dinamakan sebagai satu pembaziran dan takutlah kita kerana pembaziran ini amalan syaitan.</div>
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Oleh itu, kita harus bersungguh-sungguh mengubah cara hidup agar lebih lestari atau mesra alam. Hakikatnya, kalau kita masih enggan berkorban mengubah cara hidup maka akhirnya kita juga yang akan terkorban. Sudah banyak peristiwa alam yang berlaku sehingga mengorbankan banyak nyawa. Sebagai contoh, kegiatan penebangan hutan untuk pertanian sehingga menyebabkan berlaku kejadian tanah runtuh di Cameron Highlands. Sekitar Disember 1994, tujuh nyawa terkorban. Pada tahun berikutnya iaitu pada Jun 1995, berlaku sekali lagi tanah runtuh yang mengorbankan 20 nyawa serta mencederakan 22 orang yang lain. Tidak cukup dengan itu, tahun seterusnya, iaitu pada Julai 1996, tanah runtuh di Kilometer 15, Genting Highlands, telah menyebabkan sebuah bas terbabas lalu mengorbankan 17 nyawa.</div>
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Selain tanah runtuh, kegagalan kita menguruskan kebersihan turut mengundang padah. Masalah pembiakan nyamuk aedes sehingga meningkatnya kes demam denggi menjadi masalah yang tidak pernah selesai. Sumber daripada Bilik Gerakan Denggi Kebangsaan CPRC, Kementerian Kesihatan menunjukkan dari 3 Januari 2016 sehingga 12 September 2016, terdapat 78,460 kes demam denggi dilaporkan yang melibatkan 172 kematian.</div>
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Belum pun kita dapat menyelesaikan masalah aedes dan demam denggi, kini muncul pula masalah virus zika. Virus zika ini turut dibawa oleh nyamuk aedes. Masalah ini bukanlah terletak kepada nyamuk tersebut tetapi adalah satu gambaran betapa kita telah mengabaikan aspek kebersihan dalam hidup. Alam sekitar yang kotor dan tidak diurus dengan baik menjadi tempat pembiakan nyamuk tersebut. Sikap pengotor kitalah yang mengundang pelbagai penyakit dan akhirnya, ada nyawa yang terkorban.</div>
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Bagi umat Islam, kita seharusnya berasa malu kerana tidak mampu mengekalkan persekitaran yang bersih kerana keadaan ini bertentangan dengan tuntutan cara hidup Islami.</div>
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Dengan itu, wajarlah kita berusaha keras untuk mengorbankan cara hidup tidak sihat kini kepada yang lebih baik, agar bukan sahaja bermanfaat kepada manusia tetapi kepada alam keseluruhannya. Jika kita enggan melakukan pengorbanan tersebut, maka bersedialah untuk melihat lebih banyak nyawa terkorban kerana alam semakin tenat. Dalam banyak keadaan, kita berasa selesa kerana masalah alam ini tidak secara langsung berkaitan dengan diri atau ahli keluarga kita. Namun, perlukah kita menunggu sehingga diri mahupun ahli keluarga sendiri terkorban akibat alam yang semakin tercemar?</div>
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Oleh itu, jangan tunggu sehingga sudah terlambat. Anggap sahaja pengorbanan yang kita lakukan sekarang sebagai satu kiasan kasih sayang bukan sahaja kepada alam tetapi juga kepada seluruh manusia di dunia ini. Malah, lebih tinggi lagi, usaha itu adalah satu gambaran kasih sayang dan ketaatan kita kepada Allah SWT.<br />
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">PENULIS</strong> ialah Felo Pusat Kajian Sains dan Alam Sekitar, IKIM</div>
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<br />IzanJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16176417509002613135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000686499080374924.post-78416733465157972682016-09-17T17:15:00.000+08:002016-09-20T17:15:55.415+08:00U.S. meeting on ocean conservation nets $5.3 billion in pledgesSource : The Star Online<br />
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - International participants at a high-level conference on the world's oceans pledged more than $5.3 billion (4.08 billion pounds) for conservation and designated vast areas as protected waters, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday.</div>
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More than 90 countries took part in the two-day conference, the third of its kind, in an effort to galvanize attention to the dangers that pollution, climate change and over-fishing may pose to the world's oceans.</div>
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"This ocean conference, in order to protect marine eco-systems, to prevent pollution, to address the crippling impacts of climate change, has committed over $5.3 billion of money and initiatives in order to achieve those goals," Kerry said at the meeting's closing session.</div>
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Earlier, U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby said that more than 1.3 million square miles (3.4 million square km) gained protected designation.</div>
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The United States and more than 20 countries joined on Thursday at the conference to create 40 marine sanctuaries around the world to protect the oceans from the threat of climate change and pollution. They limit commercial fishing, oil exploration and other activities that affect ocean ecosystems.</div>
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President Barack Obama also designated the first U.S. marine reserve in the Atlantic Ocean: 4,913 square miles (12,724 square km) known for underwater mountains and canyons off the coast of New England.</div>
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The announcement was part of more than 136 new initiatives unveiled during the event by countries such as Britain, Canada, Cambodia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, France, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Malta, Morocco, Norway, Palau, Panama, Seychelles, Sri Lanka and Thailand, as well as private charities and foundations.</div>
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Kerry, speaking to a Georgetown University audience on Friday as part of the conference, stressed the health of the world's oceans for national security and global stability.</div>
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"This is life and death. This is national security. It is international security," he said, saying nearly 50 percent of the world depends on food from the ocean and 12 percent of the world's work force relies on the ocean for their livelihood.</div>
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The European Union has committed to hold a similar conference next year, followed by Indonesia in 2018 and Norway in 2019, Kerry said.</div>
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(Reporting by Arshad Mohammed; Writing by David Alexander and Arshad Mohammed; Editing by Cynthia Osterman and Andrew Hay)</div>
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Sometimes the most important lessons are learnt when students step outside and explore the wonders of nature.</div>
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Thirty students and teachers from seven schools in Johor took learning outdoors when they participated in Chemical Company of Malaysia Berhad (CCM)’s three-day Rakan Saintis Sungai Programme (RSS) recently.</div>
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Held at the Lagenda Forest Park in the Gunung Ledang National Park, the unconventional-learning programme taught students the importance of natural resources; primarily waterways which are a key source of life for all living organisms.</div>
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The programme, led by CCM’s Chemicals Division, also raised awareness on the capacity of humans to safeguard and preserve the health of rivers and lakes.</div>
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CCM group managing director Leonard Ariff Abdul Shatar said that the programme gave students a meaningful learning experience as they were able to discover nature and see first-hand the adverse effects of pollution.</div>
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“As students become more connected to nature, they are more likely to care about the future of the planet, be good stewards of the environment and understand the importance of preserving our natural resources.</div>
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“This responsible behaviour is what we hope to instil in the students through our RSS programmes,” he added.</div>
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Jointly organised with the Johor Department of Environment (DOE), the programme gave students theoretical knowledge as well as hands-on lessons on the importance of environment conservation through numerous activities including a nature walk, environmental talks, and water quality analysis and experiments.</div>
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The programme also helped students understand the river’s ecology and the processes involved in water treatment or purification.</div>
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The students worked in groups to put together a presentation highlighting all they had learnt during the programme.</div>
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Tokens were also given out to the most outstanding group during the three-day camp.</div>
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CCM Chemical chief manufacturing officer Mukri Harun joined Johor DOE director Datuk Mohammad Ezanni and deputy director-general Rosli Osman to close the programme.</div>
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CCM’s RSS involves schools across Perlis, Sabah, Negri Sembilan, Malacca and Johor, and has reached out to over 1,500 students since it first began in 2010.</div>
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Hanoi (AFP) - Vietnam is investigating new mass fish deaths along its central coast, an official said Friday, months after a major steel plant was blamed for a toxic leak that wiped out tonnes of marine life in the fishing hub.</div>
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Public anger has mounted in Vietnam since dead fish started washing ashore in April after the Taiwanese steel firm Formosa discharged contaminated waste into the ocean, causing the worst ecological disaster in decades.</div>
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Formosa was eventually slapped with a $500 million fine following weeks of rare protests in the authoritarian country.</div>
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The government is now looking into new reports that boats were seen dumping sludge into waters off of Thanh Hoa province south of Hanoi, where some 50 tonnes of dead fish washed ashore earlier this month.</div>
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Officials initially blamed the deaths on blooming red algae.</div>
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"An investigation into the cause of the fish deaths is being carried out by experts from the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources," Cao Thanh Tho, head of aquaculture in the provincial Agriculture and Rural Development department, told AFP.</div>
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The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment said it was analysing waste samples "to determine if there is any link with the fish deaths", with results expected by September 20.</div>
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Meanwhile, dead fish, including large carps, also started showing up along the Thu Bon River in central Quang Nam province this week, with state-run Thanh Nien newspaper reporting residents saying the waterway has turned black in recent days.</div>
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A Quang Nam official told AFP an investigation was under way.</div>
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Earlier this week another Taiwanese firm, Header Plan, was fined more than $9,000 for dumping waste into a canal in Vietnam's southern Dong Nai province, where residents have complained increasing pollution in recent years. </div>
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday joined more than 20 countries in creating 40 new marine sanctuaries around the world to protect oceans from the threat of climate change and pollution.</div>
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President Barack Obama designated the first U.S. marine reserve in the Atlantic Ocean: 4,913 square miles (12,724 square km) known for underwater mountains and canyons off the coast of New England.</div>
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Britain said it would double the area of ocean under marine protection around its overseas territories to about 2.5 million square miles (6.5 million square km), an area greater than the landmass of India.</div>
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The various sanctuaries, unveiled at a high-level conference in Washington, limit commercial fishing, oil and gas drilling, and other human activities that affect ocean ecosystems.</div>
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Altogether, countries at the two-day oceans conference will announce new sanctuaries covering nearly 460,000 square miles (1.19 million square km) of ocean, an area around the size of South Africa.</div>
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The area designated by Obama includes canyons as deep as the Grand Canyon in Arizona and underwater mountains higher than any in the United States east of the Rockies, according to Environment America, a federation of state-based environmental advocacy organizations. Environment America said it and other groups were pushing for Obama to designate more land-based national monuments before leaving office in January.</div>
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Obama, who recalled body-surfing in the Pacific Ocean while he was growing up in Hawaii, called the pledges at the conference a "pretty good down payment" but said bolder international action was needed.</div>
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"The notion that the ocean I grew up with is not something that I can pass on to my kids and my grandkids is unacceptable, it's unimaginable," Obama told the conference.</div>
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Last month, Obama expanded a massive reserve off the coast of Hawaii, the world's largest such protected area, as he works to cement his environmental legacy.</div>
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He travelled to the remote Midway Atoll in the reserve, and told the conference what it was like to snorkel among purple and orange coral as endangered monk seals sunned themselves on nearby rocks.</div>
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"I saw it. It was right there, evidence of the incredible power of nature to rebuild itself, if we're not consistently trying to tear it down," Obama said.</div>
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Opponents of the new Atlantic reserve have said it threatens the commercial seafood industry in the region. Obama said it was designed to respect the fishing industry's role in the region's economy and history.</div>
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Britain's announcement was made by British Foreign Office minister Alan Duncan, who said fully protected marine reserves are to be set up around the Pitcairn Islands in the South Pacific, and St. Helena, Tristan da Cunha and Ascension islands in the South Atlantic.</div>
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This will involve the permanent closure of around 520,000 square miles (1.3 million square km) to commercial fishing, Duncan said.</div>
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Actor Leonardo DiCaprio, who has championed environmental causes for years, called for action by world leaders and communities to protect vital marine ecosystems.</div>
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"Warming waters, acidification, plastic pollution, methane release, drilling, over fishing and the destruction of marine ecosystems like coral reefs are pushing our oceans to the very brink," the Oscar-winning actor said.</div>
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IzanJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16176417509002613135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000686499080374924.post-91077595198223542132016-09-16T13:20:00.000+08:002016-09-21T13:20:58.155+08:00Proses kitar semula e-sisa mudah alih mengikut piawaian Source : Utusan Online<br />
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KUALA LUMPUR 15 Sept. - Bagi menjayakan program E-Sisa Mudah Alih: Telefon Lama, Kehidupan Baharu, Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia (MCMC) telah menjalinkan kerjasama dengan syarikat Shan Poornam Metals Sdn. Bhd. (Shan Poornam Metals) sebagai rakan kitar semula bagi menjalankan kerja-kerja pelupusan dan mengitar semula e-sisa mudah alih di negara ini.</div>
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Sebagai sebuah syarikat pengendali sisa berbahaya dan tidak berbahaya yang berpengalaman selama 55 tahun, Shan Poornam Metals telah dilesenkan oleh Jabatan Alam Sekitar sebagai ‘kemudahan pemerolehan kembali penuh bahan buangan terjadual’.</div>
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Shan Poornam Metals yang terletak di Pulau Pinang juga mendapat lesen daripada Majlis Perbandaran Pulau Pinang bagi membeli dan mengeluarkan barangan terpakai dari Zon Perdagangan Bebas.</div>
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<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Syarikat itu turut memperoleh lesen daripada Majlis Perbandaran Seberang Perai dalam mengitar semula barangan lusuh dan mengurus bahan bertoksik serta tidak bertoksik, selain lesen daripada Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) untuk berniaga barangan lusuh.</div>
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Memperkuatkan lagi portfolionya, Shan Poornam sehingga kini telah dianugerahkan sijil ISO 14001:2004, OHSAS 18001:2007 dan ISO 9001:2008 daripada Afnor Certification yang berpangkalan di United Kingdom.</div>
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<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Antara produk yang dihasilkan syarikat itu daripada sisa-sisa isi rumah dan industri ialah jongkong emas, jongkong perak, jongkong tembaga, jongkong platinum dan jongkong aluminium.</div>
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<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Pengarah Urusan Shan Poornam Metals, S. Selvakumar berkata, pihaknya memproses kira-kira 5,000 tan sisa elektrik dan elektronik atau e-sisa dalam sebulan yang mampu menghasilkan antaranya 35 kilogram emas, 50 kilogram perak dan 15 kilogram platinum.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Beliau berkata, kesemua bahan berharga yang dihasilkan itu buat masa ini dijual di pasaran tempatan, Jepun dan Jerman.</div>
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Namun, pihaknya bercadang untuk meluaskan pasaran ke China dan Korea Selatan pada masa hadapan.</div>
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<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />“Buat masa ini, jumlah telefon bimbit terbuang atau e-sisa mudah alih yang dibawa dan diproses di kilang kami masih dalam kadar rendah berbanding perkakas elektrik dan elektronik lain.</div>
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<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />“Sebenarnya, kesedaran bagi mengitar semula e-sisa mudah alih sangat penting kerana selain mengelakkan bahan bertoksik yang terkandung di dalamnya mencemari alam sekitar, ia juga mampu menjana pendapatan pemain industri seperti kami serta membuka peluang pekerjaan kepada penduduk setempat,” katanya.</div>
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<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Beliau berkata demikian ketika memberi taklimat mengenai proses kitar semula yang dilakukan Shan Poornam Metals kepada wakil MCMC, rakan strategik dan pihak media di premisnya, baru-baru ini.</div>
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<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Dalam sesi pertemuan itu, para tetamu diberi peluang melawat Shan Poornam Metals dan menyaksikan sendiri mesin-mesin yang dimiliki kilang itu bagi melakukan kerja-kerja kitar semula dengan mengamalkan konsep hijau.</div>
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<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Bagi memudahkan lagi proses mengitar semula e-sisa, Shan Poornam Metals baru-baru ini membeli mesin khas buatan syarikat dari Jerman, Andritz MeWa GmBH sebagai aset tambahan yang dijangka tiba di negara ini pada pertengahan tahun depan.</div>
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Mesin berteknologi tinggi yang menggunakan sistem kawalan berkomputer itu dilihat mampu meningkatkan kerja-kerja memproses dan merawat e-sisa serta klorofluorokarbon (CFC).<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Mesin itu bukan sahaja dapat mengekstrak logam-logam berharga daripada e-sisa, malah dapat melupuskan dengan sempurna bahan-bahan lain yang tidak diperlukan.</div>
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<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Selain mengambil inisiatif membuat pelaburan tinggi bagi memiliki sistem pengurusan e-sisa berteknologi tinggi itu, komitmen Shan Poornam Metals dalam meningkatkan kelestarian alam turut dapat dilihat dalam inisiatifnya menyediakan 86 buah pusat pengumpulan e-sisa di seluruh negara.</div>
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Usaha syarikat itu dalam menguruskan e-sisa selama ini telah mendapat pelbagai pengiktirafan daripada kerajaan seperti Anugerah Produk Cemerlang 2010 yang diberikan oleh Kementerian Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan In-dustri serta Anugerah Bunga Raya Perdana Menteri 2010/2011 (Kementerian Sumber Asli dan Alam Sekitar).</div>
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<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Shan Poornam Metals turut diiktiraf oleh Kementerian Tenaga, Teknologi Hijau dan Air dengan dianugerahkan Anugerah Emas Pembuatan Teknologi Hijau 2012 dan Anugerah Kepimpinan Tanggungjawab Sosial Korporat 2012 oleh Pertubuhan Usahawan Generasi Muda Berjaya (GMB) Malaysia.</div>
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<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Selain turut menerima Anugerah Kepimpinan Global 2013 daripada majalah The Leaders International, Shan Poornam Metals juga mendapat pengiktirafan antarabangsa apabila dikurniakan Anugerah Kepimpinan Teknologi dan Tenaga Boleh Diperbaharui 2013 oleh Persekutuan Kerjasama Dewan Perniagaan dan Industri Negara-negara Teluk (FGCCC).</div>
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IzanJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16176417509002613135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000686499080374924.post-60551695416245517592016-09-16T13:13:00.000+08:002016-09-21T13:17:31.018+08:00Inisiatif MCMC pulihara alam sekitar Source : Utusan Online<br />
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KUALA LUMPUR 15 SEPT. - PENGGUNAAN telefon bimbit saban hari semakin meningkat hasil daripada pembangunan luas industri komunikasi dan multimedia sejak pengenalan kepada jalur lebar mudah alih pada tahun 2009.</div>
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Statistik daripada SIRIM QAS International Sdn. Bhd. (SIRIM QAS) menunjukkan sebanyak 65.7 juta unit telefon bimbit telah didaftarkan di negara ini antara tahun 2009 dan 2014.</div>
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Jumlah itu jika diambil kira pada waktu ini, boleh dianggap sebagai telefon bimbit yang tidak lagi digunakan atau dalam istilah ringkasnya, e-sisa mudah alih.</div>
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<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Hal demikian kerana menurut kajian Agensi Perlindungan Alam Amerika Syarikat, jangka hayat bagi seunit telefon bimbit adalah antara 18 dan 24 bulan.</div>
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<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Bagaimanapun angka sebenar sisa peranti mudah alih itu mungkin jauh lebih besar, jika mengambil kira bilangan telefon bimbit yang dibawa masuk ke negara ini tanpa rekod sah.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Bayangkan apa akan terjadi kepada telefon bimbit sebanyak itu jika tidak dilupuskan dengan sempurna. Apakah kesannya kepada alam sekitar dan kesihatan manusia?</div>
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<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Telefon bimbit diperbuat daripada bahan yang tidak boleh terurai secara semula jadi. Mungkin kebanyakan masyarakat mengetahui perkara ini.</div>
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Namun ramai yang tidak menyedari bahawa komponen elektronik di dalam peranti mudah alih tersebut mengandungi bahan pencemar seperti plumbum, kadmium dan merkuri.</div>
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<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Kadmium misalnya, boleh mengakibatkan penyakit paru-paru, kerosakan buah pinggang dan penyakit tulang manakala merkuri mampu merosakkan kulit serta menyebabkan kemerosotan ingatan.</div>
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<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Semakin banyak telefon bimbit dilonggokkan di tapak pelupusan sampah (tidak diuruskan dengan sempurna), semakin banyak bahan bertoksik terlepas ke alam sekitar terutama air bawah tanah yang kemudiannya boleh menjejaskan kesihatan penduduk setempat.</div>
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Sehubungan itu, Malaysia kini dalam perancangan untuk memperkenalkan program Kewajipan Lanjutan Pengeluar (EPR) atau sistem pengurusan produk dan sisa bagi menangani isu e-sisa mudah alih.</div>
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<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Melalui EPR, pengeluar bertanggungjawab bagi pengurusan produk (mengumpul, kitar semula dan pelupusan akhir) yang mesra alam apabila produk tersebut tidak lagi berfungsi atau dibuang.</div>
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<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Dalam usaha melengkapkan inisiatif EPR di Malaysia, Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia (MCMC) pada tahun lalu telah melancarkan program E-Sisa Mudah Alih: Telefon Lama, Kehidupan Baharu.</div>
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<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Selain telefon bimbit, e-sisa mudah alih juga merujuk kepada peranti mudah alih seperti telefon pintar, tablet, phablet, pengecas, cakera keras, pemain MP3 dan power bank.</div>
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Selain ingin mendidik masyarakat mengenai pelupusan e-sisa mudah alih secara selamat, program kitar semula peranti mudah alih terpakai itu juga bertujuan untuk menggalakkan budaya 3R iaitu kurangkan (reduce), guna semula (reuse) dan kitar semula (recycling).</div>
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<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Inisiatif yang diwujudkan MCMC itu juga sebagai sokongan terhadap Resolution 79 yang dipersetujui dalam World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) pada bulan November 2012 bagi menggalakkan semua negara anggota mengambil langkah mengendali dan mengawal e-sisa untuk mengurangkan bahaya akibat peranti telekomunikasi terpakai.</div>
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Mengulas lanjut mengenai program itu, Ketua Jabatan Pembangunan Teknologi, Bahagian Teknologi dan Masyarakat MCMC, Badaruzzaman Mat Nor berkata, lebih 90 peratus daripada bahan yang digunakan dalam peranti mudah alih dan aksesori boleh dipulihkan semula.</div>
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<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Malah, jelas beliau, melalui program kitar semula itu, pelbagai logam berharga seperti aluminium, emas dan tembaga dapat diekstrak daripada e-sisa mudah alih.</div>
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<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />“Jumlah logam yang diekstrak daripada e-sisa adalah 40 hingga 50 kali ganda berbanding bijih yang diekstrak daripada lombong.</div>
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<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />“Sebagai contoh, satu tan bijih emas menghasilkan kira-kira lima gram emas, manakala satu tan papan litar telefon bimbit boleh menghasilkan kira-kira 150 gram emas atau 30 kali ganda banyaknya,” katanya.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Kesemua bahan kitar semula itu kemudiannya akan diproses dan dijual sama ada untuk pasaran tempatan mahu pun dieksport ke pasaran asing.</div>
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<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Antara produk yang boleh dihasilkan daripada bahan terpulih itu ialah keluli tahan karat, bateri, palet plastik dan jongkong emas.</div>
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Walau bagaimanapun, jelas Badaruzzaman, proses pemulihan tidak boleh dibuat sebarangan sebaliknya perlu dilakukan di fasiliti yang diperakui mengikut piawaian.</div>
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<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Beliau berkata, buat sementara ini, kesemua e-sisa mudah alih yang terkumpul akan melalui proses kitar semula dengan syarikat pengendali sisa berbahaya dan tidak berbahaya, Shan Poornam Metals Sdn. Bhd.</div>
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<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Syarikat itu yang terletak di Perai, Pulau Pinang diiktiraf kerana berkemampuan menyediakan kemudahan pemerolehan kembali penuh yang dilesenkan oleh Jabatan Alam Sekitar.</div>
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<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Bagi memudahkan pengumpulan e-sisa mudah alih, MCMC dengan kerjasama syarikat-syarikat telekomunikasi menyediakan kotak pengumpulan di 74 buah kedai telekomunikasi di seluruh negara selain turut ditempatkan di Pusat Internet 1Malaysia (PI1M).</div>
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Malah terdapat syarikat-syarikat telekomunikasi yang mengambil inisiatif dengan memberikan insentif kepada orang ramai jika mereka membawa telefon bimbit yang tidak lagi digunakan ke pusat pengumpulan seperti baucar membeli-belah, cenderahati korporat syarikat masing-masing dan sebagainya.</div>
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<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />MCMC dan pihak-pihak berkepentingan yang mengambil bahagian komited untuk memastikan e-sisa mudah alih tidak berakhir di tapak pelupusan dan akan meningkatkan lagi bilangan pusat pengumpulan serta program kesedaran dari masa ke masa.</div>
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Melalui kitar semula e-sisa mudah alih, pencemaran bukan sahaja dapat dicegah, malah alam semula jadi dapat dipulihara kerana bahan galian yang digunakan tidak perlu lagi dilombong sebaliknya mengguna semula bahan yang telah dipulih.</div>
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<span style="background-color: #e5e5e2; color: #555555; font-size: 12px;">Sad fate: The carcass of the dolphin that washed up on the Teluk Bayu beach</span></div>
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GEORGE TOWN: A dead dolphin washed ashore at the Teluk Bayu beach in Teluk Kumbar, the second such incident in the area within a month.</div>
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Beach-goers spotted the carcass, took pictures of it and uploaded them on social media. The images have since gone viral.</div>
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The first case occurred last month in which a dead dolphin, believed to have choked on plastic, was found along the beach off Pulau Jerejak.</div>
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It was not clear how the dolphin in the latest incident had died.</div>
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According to Universiti Sains Malaysia marine biologist Dr Aileen Tan, it was common for turtles to choke on plastic refuse, thinking that these were jellyfish.</div>
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Dolphins could also make the same mistake, she said after the first incident.</div>
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Sahabat Alam Malaysia president S.M. Mohamed Idris said he was saddened by the incidents because two dolphins had died in a month.</div>
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“It’s time for people to realise that throwing away rubbish haphazardly can cause the deaths of sea creatures.</div>
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“We will be starting a major clean-up campaign at polluted beaches in the state soon.</div>
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“I urge other NGOs to join us,” he added.</div>
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The state Fisheries Department could not be reached for comment.</div>
IzanJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16176417509002613135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000686499080374924.post-82090502380350128012016-09-14T17:22:00.000+08:002016-09-20T17:22:53.486+08:00Getting to the bottom of drain cleaning in KLSource : The Star Online<br />
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Once a month. That is how frequently drains are cleaned at the moment. It used to be worse, said Tiong Nam Kuala Lumpur Area Traders Association chairman Ang Khoon Lock.</div>
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“A year or two ago, it was six months once,” said Ang, who has been making a living as a petty trader in Lorong Haji Taib for 30 years.</div>
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The filthy drain issue is as old as the hills. Numerous complaints have been made but nothing much has changed.</div>
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At a recent dialogue in Kepong between residents and the authorities over a morning open-air market, it was pointed out to a Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) senior assistant director that a coffeeshop was discharging wastewater directly into a drain that was also strewn with rubbish and food waste.</div>
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When asked if he could take action, he advised them to refer to the Health and Environmental Department.</div>
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A subsequent meeting with officers from this department revealed that they could fine the premises for lack of hygiene.</div>
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But they said the actual act of cleaning the drain itself was no longer under the jurisdiction of DBKL since the Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Management Act 2007 (Act 672) was gazetted on Aug 30, 2007 and enforced on Sept 1, 2011.</div>
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The Act states that the responsibilities of collection and disposal of garbage, as well as cleansing of public roads, public places, public toilets and drains are now under Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Department (PPSPPA) which set the cleaning frequency to once a month.</div>
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The National Solid Waste Management Policy covers Johor, Malacca, Negri Sembilan, Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, Pahang, Perlis and Kedah.</div>
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But getting to the reality on the ground, SWCorp Federal Territories director Hazilah Gumri said the local authorities should not completely wash their hands of the matter.</div>
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“The local authorities have to make sure that the drains are structurally sound, not damaged and are functioning properly before the infrastructure is handed to SWCorp for management.</div>
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"They are responsible to ensure that these drains do not become sewers. This is because they have the power to carry out enforcement,” she said.</div>
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She said the local government and local councils were most needed when it came to obstacles that could hamper the cleaning process.</div>
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“When cars park on the yellow lines in back lanes, the trucks cannot pass through. When shopowners cover their drains, it blocks cleaners from gaining access,” she added.</div>
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At present, the major players tasked with the job of cleaning public drains in all six states and two federal territories are Alam Flora, Environment Idaman and SWM Environment.</div>
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In the opinion of a member of the public, Abdul Malik Kassim, the drain-cleaning frequency set by PPSPPA may suffice for a quiet residential area but not for a bustling commercial hub.</div>
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“Cleaners not only have rubbish to contend with. The run-off from roads in the form of dirt and automobile grease can fill a drain very quickly during heavy rain.</div>
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"Imagine the amount of dirt after a month, plus rubbish,” said Abdul Malik, who pointed out that larger amounts of rubbish and sludge meant more complicated logistics arrangements.</div>
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“It can also be demoralising for cleaners to go back to a place they have cleaned before, only to find that it has been dirtied again.</div>
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<span style="color: #555555; font-size: 12px;">Cleaners not only have rubbish to contend with. Run-off from roads in the form of dirt and automobile grease also clog drains</span></div>
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“There are days when it looks like the job is a neverending one. But it is not that the cleaners have not done their job. It is because the dirt has piled up again,” he said.</div>
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Alam Flora chief executive officer Datuk Mohd Zain Hassan said the city would see dramatic results within the short period of a month if cleaning was done on a daily basis.</div>
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But it is an exercise that will require added labour, machinery and cost.</div>
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In 2012, <em>The Star</em> report said taxpayers forked out more than RM40mil to clean up monsoon drains nationwide.</div>
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Kuala Lumpur currently lists an inventory of 4,504km of closed and open drains.</div>
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Based on rough estimates of no more than RM5 a metre for drain-cleaning fees using only manual labour, taxpayers would be looking at a bill of RM9mil or more per month.</div>
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Instead of seeing money go down the drain, there is a way to ensure it is put to better use. We really have to do something about the littering problem.</div>
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Residents in Lorong Haji Taib for example, have a habit of throwing rubbish out of their shophouse windows into the drains below.</div>
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Alam Flora cleaners know this area to be a hotspot. They wear hard hats when they come here because some of them have been hit by flying rubbish before.</div>
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When approached by <em>StarMetro</em>, Ang said the problem was not only with the residents but with the fruit sellers who come to the area in the wee hours of the morning.</div>
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"When business was done, they would leave behind a litter of rotten fruits and durian husks.</div>
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“This is a job for the authorities. They should be the ones doing the inspections and enforcing the law,” he added.</div>
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Ang said petty traders and business owners in the areas would be more than happy to meet up with DBKL and Alam Flora to come up with solutions and organise a community clean-up.</div>
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DBKL Health and Environment Department director Dr Hayati Abdullah acknowledged that they had not wielded an iron fist in enforcement.</div>
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“We should have nipped the problem in the bud,” she said.</div>
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<em>The Star</em> reader Wong Peng Choong, a Malaysian who had formerly worked in the Environment Department in Singapore, wrote to tell us that in the 1970s when preliminary study showed that the Singapore River was declared a dead river due to severe pollution caused by discharge from open drains, the country’s then prime minister Lee Kuan Yew ordered the river cleaned up within 10 years.</div>
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“I was then working in this department. Iron-fisted actions and very strict enforcement of anti-pollution laws that required investment in modern sewerage facilities finally resulted in a clean river.</div>
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“If someone throws rubbish into the drain, the offender can expect swift punitive action, often hefty fines, restaurant closure or even a custodial sentence!” Wong wrote to <em>StarMetro</em>.</div>
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IzanJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16176417509002613135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000686499080374924.post-35019639635315583932016-09-11T13:13:00.000+08:002016-09-21T13:13:30.180+08:00Jom kitar semula e-sisa mudah alih! Source : Utusan Online<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "droid serif" , "georgia" , serif;">PENGARAH Urusan Shan Poornam Metals, S. Selvakumar (dua dari kiri) menunjukkan telefon bimbit terbuang di kilang kitar semulanya di Perai, Pulau Pinang. Turut sama ialah Pengarah Korporat Shan Poornam Metals, Rose Kuan (dari kiri), wakil Malaysian Technical Standards Forum Bhd. (MTFSB), Reza M. Aidid dan Badaruzzaman Mat Nor.</span><br />
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MASIH ramai tidak menyedari bahawa perkakas elektrik dan elektronik yang telah dibuang atau e-sisa mampu memberi kesan buruk kepada alam sekitar serta kesihatan manusia jika tidak mdilupuskan dengan sempurna. </div>
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Telefon bimbit khususnya, kurang diberi perhatian masyarakat kerana sifat fizikalnya yang kecil sehinggakan mereka sewenangwenangnya membuang peranti mudah alih yang tidak lagi digunakan itu ke dalam tong sampah atau tempat pengumpulan sampah.</div>
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Hakikatnya, komponen elektronik di dalam telefon bimbit mengandungi bahan pencemar seperti plumbum, kadmium dan merkuri yang tidak boleh terurai secara semula jadi.</div>
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Semakin banyak peranti mudah alih itu dibuang, semakin banyak bahan bertoksik terlepas ke alam sekitar terutama air bawah tanah, sekali gus menjejaskan kesihatan penduduk setempat.</div>
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Kadmium misalnya, boleh mengakibatkan penyakit paru-paru, kerosakan buah pinggang serta penyakit tulang manakala merkuri mampu merosakkan kulit dan menyebabkan kemerosotan ingatan.</div>
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Kajian oleh Agensi Perlindungan Alam Sekitar Amerika Syarikat menunjukkan purata jangka hayat bagi telefon bimbit adalah antara 18 dan 24 bulan.</div>
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Statistik daripada SIRIM QAS International Sdn. Bhd. pula menyatakan sebanyak 65.7 juta telefon bimbit telah didaftarkan di negara ini antara tahun 2009 dan 2014 yang kini boleh dianggap sebagai e-sisa.</div>
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Jumlah e-sisa tersebut yang berkemungkinan masih tersimpan di kediaman atau telah dibuang di tempat pelupusan sampah, belum lagi mengambil kira telefon bimbit yang dibawa masuk ke negara ini tanpa rekod sah.</div>
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Menyedari `bahaya senyap’ akibat daripada telefon bimbit terbuang itu, Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia (MCMC) pada tahun lalu mengambil inisiatif melancarkan program e-Sisa Mudah Alih: Telefon Lama, Kehidupan Baharu.</div>
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Selain telefon bimbit, ‘e-sisa mudah alih’ juga merujuk kepada semua peranti mudah alih seperti telefon pintar, tablet, phablet, pengecas, cakera keras, pemain MP3 dan power bank.</div>
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Beberapa pemain industri telekomunikasi turut bekerjasama dalam menjayakan program kitar semula itu seperti Malaysian Technical Standards Forum Bhd. (MTSFB), Altel Communications Sdn. Bhd. (ALtel), Celcom Axiata Berhad (Celcom), Digi Telecommunications Sdn. Bhd. (Digi), Maxis Berhad (Maxis), Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) dan U Mobile Sdn. Bhd. (U Mobile).</div>
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Inisiatif yang diwujudkan MCMC itu juga adalah sebagai sokongan terhadap Resolution 79 yang dipersetujui dalam World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) pada bulan November 2012 bagi menggalakkan semua negara anggota mengambil<br />
langkah mengendali dan mengawal e-sisa untuk mengurangkan bahaya akibat peranti telekomunikasi terpakai.</div>
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Mengulas lanjut mengenai program itu, Ketua Jabatan Pembangunan Teknologi, Bahagian Teknologi dan Masyarakat MCMC, Badaruzzaman Mat Nor berkata, selain mengelakkan persekitaran terjejas dan kesihatan manusia terancam, lebih 90 peratus daripada bahan yang digunakan dalam peranti mudah alih dan aksesori boleh<br />
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Malah, jelas beliau, melalui program kitar semula itu, pelbagai logam berharga seperti aluminium, emas dan tembaga dapat diekstrak daripada e-sisa. “Logam yang diekstrak daripada e-sisa adalah bernilai 40 hingga 50 kali ganda berbanding bijih yang diekstrak daripada lombong.</div>
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“Sebagai contoh, satu tan bijih emas menghasilkan kira-kira lima gram emas, manakala satu tan papan litar telefon bimbit boleh menghasilkan kira-kira 150 gram emas atau 30 kali ganda banyaknya,” katanya.</div>
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Kesemua bahan kitar semula itu kemudiannya akan diproses dan dijual kepada pihak pengeluar yang berkenaan.</div>
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Antara produk yang boleh dihasilkan daripada bahan terpulih itu ialah periuk keluli tahan karat, bateri, palet plastik dan jongkong emas.</div>
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Walau bagaimanapun, jelas Badaruzzaman, proses pemulihan tidak boleh dibuat sebarangan sebaliknya perlu dilakukan di fasiliti yang diperakui mengikut piawaian.</div>
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Beliau berkata, kesemua e-sisa mudah alih yang terkumpul akan melalui proses kitar semula dengan Shan Poornam Metals Sdn. Bhd. (Shan Poornam Metals).</div>
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Bagi memudahkan pengumpulan e-sisa mudah alih, MCMC dengan kerjasama syarikat-syarikat telekomunikasi menyediakan kotak pengumpulan di 72 buah kedai telekomunikasi di seluruh negara selain turut ditempatkan di Pusat Internet 1Malaysia (PI1M).</div>
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Melalui kitar semula e-sisa mudah alih, kita bukan sahaja dapat mencegah pencemaran, malah dapat memulihara alam semula jadi kerana bahan mineral yang digunakan untuk membuat telefon bimbit tidakperlu lagi dilombong sebaliknya menggunakan bahan terpulih.</div>
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Dengan sumber bumi ketika ini yang semakin terhad, penghasilan produk baharu daripada bahan kitar semula dapat mengurangkan penggunaan sumber bumi seterusnya membantu mencapai pembangunan yang mampan.</div>
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Dua kes tumpahan merkuri telah dilaporkan beberapa minggu lalu. Satu tumpahan berlaku di Klinik Kesihatan Merchang dan kejadian lain dilaporkan berlaku di Klinik Desa Rusila, kedua-duanya di Terengganu.</div>
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Walau bagaimanapun, mungkin terdapat lebih banyak kes tumpahan dalam pusat kesihatan, sekolah dan rumah yang tidak dilaporkan.</div>
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Pekerja di sektor kesihatan boleh terdedah kepada merkuri akibat termometer pecah dan juga sphygmomanometer (alat memeriksa tekanan darah) yang tidak diselenggara dengan baik.</div>
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Selain itu, doktor gigi dan anggota pergigian yang bekerja dengan amalgam gigi mengandungi merkuri juga terdedah kepada wap merkuri.</div>
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Pelupusan yang tidak sempurna amalgam tersebut turut menyumbang kepada pencemaran alam sekitar.</div>
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Memandangkan masalah kesihatan umum yang signifikan, beban penyakit khususnya dalam kalangan pekerja kesihatan dan pencemaran alam sekitar di peringkat global, Konvensyen Minamata mengenai Merkuri telah diterima pada tahun 2013 dan ditandatangani Malaysia pada 24 September 2014.</div>
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Dalam sektor kesihatan, Konvensyen Minamata menetapkan tarikh fasa keluar iaitu tahun 2020 bagi kebanyakan produk yang mengandungi merkuri termasuk termometer dan sphygmomanometer merkuri di samping fasa keluar penggunaan amalgam gigi mengandungi merkuri.</div>
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Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan dalam surat bertarikh 3 Jun 2013 kepada Persatuan Pengguna Pulau Pinang (CAP) telah menyatakan bahawa pada dasarnya Kementerian Kesihatan menyokong kawalan dan program fasa keluar produk mengandungi merkuri seperti yang dinyatakan dalam Konvensyen Minamata.</div>
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Kami sukacita dengan komitmen kerajaan menggalakkan penggunaan bahan bebas merkuri dalam sektor kesihatan tetapi berpendapat tindakan yang diambil perlu ditingkatkan agar kita mencapai matlamat ini dengan lebih cepat.</div>
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Dari segi penggunaan amalgam gigi tersebut, pelbagai langkah telah dicadangkan dalam Konvensyen Minamata.</div>
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Selain mengehadkan penggunaan amalgam gigi kepada bentuk encapsulated (terkandung), kerajaan perlu meningkatkan penggunaan alternatif bebas merkuri yang berkesan dari segi kos dan klinikal untuk rawatan pergigian.</div>
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Sektor kesihatan mempunyai peranan penting untuk mengurangkan dan seterusnya menghapuskan penggunaan merkuri ke arah matlamat penjagaan kesihatan yang bebas merkuri.</div>
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Kami menggesa kerajaan Malaysia untuk mempercepatkan langkah-langkah dan strategi untuk menangani isu pencemaran merkuri dan rancangan pelaksanaan ketetapan Konvensyen Merkuri Minamata.</div>
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<br />IzanJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16176417509002613135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000686499080374924.post-85714700532171051802016-09-08T16:25:00.000+08:002016-09-22T16:25:17.334+08:00Kempen Selamatkan Penyu Melaka hari ini Source : Utusan Malaysia Online<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Droid Serif", georgia, serif; font-size: 12px;">Jeffri Munir (tengah) mengadakan sidang akhbar berhubung penganjuran kempen Program Kesedaran Konservasi Penyu Melaka di Philea Resort and Spa di Melaka, semalam. Turut kelihatan, Pengurus Besar resort, Lim Beng Weh (kanan) dan Penolong Pengurus Eksekutif resort itu, Connie Chin (kiri). </span><br />
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MELAKA 7 Sept. – Sebanyak 1,000 ekor anak penyu karah akan dilepaskan sempena kempen Program Kesedaran Konservasi Penyu Melaka yang akan diadakan di Pusat Konservasi dan Penerangan Penyu di Padang Kemunting Masjid Tanah dekat sini esok.</div>
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Pengarah Lembaga Penggalakan Pelancongan negeri, Jeffri Munir berkata, program tersebut merupakan anjuran bersama agensi swasta iaitu Philea Resort and Spa dengan agensi-agensi di bawah kerajaan negeri.</div>
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Menurutnya ini termasuk Kementerian Pelancongan dan Kebudayaan, Jabatan Perikanan Melaka, Majlis Perbandaran Alor Gajah dan Kolej Universiti Islam Melaka bagi memastikan habitat spesies itu terpelihara.</div>
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Beliau berkata, pada majlis itu kesemua 1,000 anak penyu yang dikumpul dari penetasan dan pengumpulan telur penyu karah yang mendarat di pantai Padang Kemunting akan dilepaskan ke laut untuk tujuan memastikan anak penyu itu dapat kembali sebagai penyu dewasa dalam tempoh 20 hingga 30 tahun akan datang.</div>
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"Masalah yang berlaku ketika ini adalah kehidupan empat spesies penyu yang terdapat di negara ini iaitu penyu belimbing, penyu karah, penyu agar dan penyu lipas termasuk jenis penyu karah yang terdapat di Melaka kian pupus.</div>
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"Kempen yang diadakan ini diharap menyedarkan masayarakat setempat serta penduduk negeri dan pengunjung betapa pentingnya memulihara habitat mereka agar tidak tercemar," katanya dalam sidang akhbar sempena penganjuran kempen tersebut di Philea Resort and Spa, Ayer Keroh di sini.</div>
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Yang turut hadir, Pengurus Besar resort, Lim Beng Weh dan Penolong Pengurus Eksekutif resort itu, Connie Chin.</div>
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Program yang bermula pukul 6 petang itu dijangka dihadiri oleh Timbalan Menteri Pelancongan dan Kebudayaan, Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin.</div>
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Menurut Jeffri, mengikut perangkaan daripada 1,000 anak penyu yang dilepaskan ke laut itu, hanya seekor daripadanya mampu bertahan dan terus hidup.</div>
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Katanya, ini kerana pelbagai ancaman terhadap spesies itu termasuk disebabkan pencemaran angkara manusia dan alam sekitar.</div>
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“Dianggarkan antara 400 hingga 450 ekor penyu karah dilaporkan mendarat di sekitar pesisiran pantai negeri ini pada tahun lalu dengan anggaran 50,000 biji telur dihasilkan,” katanya.</div>
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SEHINGGA hari ini, ramai di antara kita yang masih memandang ringan akan isu sampah sarap di negara ini. Walaupun dengan pelbagai kempen kesedaran yang dijalankan oleh kerajaan, namun lambakan sampah masih menjadi salah satu masalah kesihatan awam di Malaysia. Dan dengan hadirnya satu kes positif virus zika, isu sampah sarap kini menjadi lebih memuncak ibarat bom jangka yang meletuskan wabak pada bila-bila masa. Malahan ia boleh mengatasi penularan kes demam denggi yang sedia ada.</div>
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Penduduk negara ini menghasilkan sampah sarap domestik antara satu hingga dua kilogram sehari bergantung kepada jumlah isi rumah dan perayaan yang berlangsung. Dari satu kilogram tersebut, hampir 400 gram adalah sisa makanan. Dalam satu taman perumahan, secara puratanya terdapat lebih kurang 500 rumah yang boleh menghasilkan sehingga satu tan sampah sehari. Ini adalah be<span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">rsamaan hampir kepada 20 kilogram sisa makanan pada setiap hari.</span></div>
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Dengan jadual kutipan yang dijalankan pada setiap selang hari, maka ada ketikanya hampir dua tan sampah sarap tidak dikutip dan menjadi tempat paling sesuai untuk vektor mencari makanan dan tempat untuk pembiakan. Jabatan Perangkaan Malaysia pada 2014 mencatatkan peratusan liputan pengutipan sampah sarap negara adalah hanya 58 peratus dan 18 peratus untuk kawasan bandar dan luar bandar.</div>
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Kawasan yang tidak mempunyai sistem kutipan sampah yang berkesan terutamanya di kawasan yang padat penduduk menjadi isu utama kepada penyakit. Ini kerana terdapatnya berjenis vektor atau agen penyakit yang berkait rapat dengan pengendalian sampah yang tidak sempurna dengan pelbagai penyakit berjangkit dan tidak berjangkit dalam kalangan manusia mahupun haiwan.</div>
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Vektor bagi penyakit berjangkit adalah terdiri dari serangga dan haiwan kecil. Di negara ini, nyamuk adalah vektor penyakit yang paling utama. Nyamuk aedes menyebabkan penularan penyakit demam denggi dan demam denggi berdarah. Dan kini, melalui vektor yang sama, virus zika juga boleh merebak. Pesakit demam denggi agak mudah untuk diketahui, namun bagi pesakit zika, agak sukar kerana pesakit mungkin tiada tanda-tanda biasa untuk beberapa ketika sebelum menunjukkan tanda tipikal.</div>
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Zika menyebabkan kelahiran generasi yang mengalami masalah otak. Kanak-kanak terbabit mempunyai tahap kecerdikan hampir kosong, perlukan bantuan sokongan seumur hidup dan mungkin meninggal di usia muda. Ini adalah alasan yang hampir sama mengapa petrol sejak awal 90-an telah dipastikan mempunyai paras plumbum yang rendah, hampir di seluruh dunia. Plumbum menyebabkan masalah otak dan tingkah laku pada mereka yang terdedah kepadanya.</div>
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Vektor kedua seperti tikus adalah pembawa bakteria untuk penyakit leptospirosis yang menjadi penyakit kedua utama akibat sampah sarap yang terbiar. Jika dilihat dari statistik, hampir kebanyakan kes leptospirosis di negara ini berlaku di kawasan bandar. Kes berpunca dari pasar basah yang tidak bersih dipenuhi dengan sisa ayam dan ikan, perparitan yang kotor dan tersumbat, serta kawasan sampah sarap yang tidak terurus.</div>
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Terdapat juga penyebab kepada penyakit tidak berjangkit yang mungkin boleh dikaitkan dengan pendedahan kepada sampah sarap seperti bekas racun serangga, tong pelarut dan sisa cat rumah, logam berat dari bateri murahan, bekas gam industri dan sebagainya yang masih tidak mendapat perhatian dan kajian menyeluruh sehingga kini.</div>
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Mengapa sampah negara ini sukar diatasi? Pertamanya kerana kandungan sampah sarap rumah yang basah dan bercampur aduk di peringkat dapur lagi. Hampir 40 peratus hingga 60 peratus kandungan sampah dapur adalah sisa makanan, dan tulang, kulit serta lemak makanan mentah. Kerajaan seharusnya membuat suatu ketetapan untuk semua rumah menggunakan sistem penghancur di bawah sinki dapur. Ini dapat mengurangkan sehingga 40 peratus sisa dapur dan menjadikan sampah rumah yang lebih kering dan mudah diuruskan bagi peringkat pengasingan.</div>
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Keduanya kerana liputan kutipan sampah sarap yang kurang menyeluruh dan tidak berkesan. Jadual kutipan seharusnya disesuaikan dengan jumlah penduduk dan hari perayaan yang berlangsung. Kutipan seharusnya menyeluruh dan tiada alasan untuk tidak mencapainya.</div>
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Ketiganya, tiada sistem yang digunakan untuk mengasingkan jenis-jenis sampah rumah. Tidak seperti di hospital yang mempunyai sistem kod warna untuk pelbagai jenis sisa klinikal. Atau setidaknya seperti Jepun yang mengamalkan sistem kod warna untuk sampah rumah yang perlu diletakkan di dalam bekas sampah di kawasan perumahan mengikut hari kutipan yang dibuat setiap hari.</div>
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Keempat adalah kembali kepada sikap dan amalan penduduk di negara ini. Semua harus mengikuti segala arahan pengasingan sampah yang dilaksanakan di beberapa negeri. Sistem kutipan sampah di pasar-pasar malam perlu diperbaiki dan diselaraskan. Pasar raya perlu mempunyai sistem kutipan sampah harian terutamanya pada sebelah petang agar tiada sisa makanan terbiar di malam hari dan mengundang segala jenis vektor penyakit.</div>
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Masalah sampah sarap kini adalah isu kesihatan awam di negara ini. Tanggungjawab adalah dikongsi oleh semua penduduk dengan pihak berkuasa. Kurangkan penghasilan sampah sarap dan amalkan kitar semula. Sampah sarap menunjukkan tahap membeli penduduk Malaysia yang masih tinggi, tetapi ia juga menunjukkan tahap sanitasi yang meruncing dan kritikal yang perlu diatasi segera oleh semua.</div>
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<br />IzanJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16176417509002613135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000686499080374924.post-68571285919769013462015-12-01T16:47:00.003+08:002015-12-01T19:55:23.861+08:00A dangerous diet of plastic in the ocean<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px;">
<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-weight: 700;">Source : The Star, 1st December 2015</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-weight: 700;"><span style="background-color: #dadada; font-family: "roboto"; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;">Plastic bottles that are swept or thrown into the ocean not only contribute to the problem of pollution but are also a threat to marine life. Photo: Reuters</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Scientists have long suspected that plastic trash eaten by fish, crabs, bivalves and other marine species may be spreading through the food web.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now, researchers from Univer-sity of California, Davis and Hasanuddin University in Indonesia are reporting some of the first findings of plastic debris and textile fibres in the fish on consumer’s dinner plates.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">About a quarter of the fish sampled from markets in California and Indonesia contained the man-made debris, according to the study published in the online journal <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Scientific Reports</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The researchers also discovered a stark contrast between the types of debris found in fish from both locations. In Indonesia, they found plastic fragments. In California, a majority of the contaminants consisted of fibres from textiles. The variations in debris types probably reflect differences in local waste management strategies, according to the study.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In Indonesia, 30% of the solid waste generated by humans is discarded directly onto beaches and into rivers and drainage channels, the study said. In California, there are more than 200 wastewater treatment plants discharging billions of litres of treated effluent just offshore.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Even though wastewater treatment results in a reduction of many contaminants,” the study said, “synthetic fibres from washing machines can remain in sewage effluent, and may be delivered to aquatic habitats in large concentrations via wastewater outfalls.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Plastic debris and fibres were found only in fishes’ guts. There-fore, humans are likely to ingest man-made debris only if fish is eaten whole, a common practice in Indonesia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“I still eat fish if it’s sold in the United States,” said Susan Williams, a professor with the University of California Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory and co-author of the study. “That’s because we fillet fish and remove their guts, so the likelihood of eating plastic and fibres is very small.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">An estimated 245 million tonnes of plastic is produced annually around the world, according to industry estimates. That amount represents 31kg of plastic annually for each of the 7.1 billion humans on the planet, scientists say. The study raises concerns about possible effects on human health from a cocktail of hazardous chemicals associated with plastics and some textiles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Future risk assessments should consider anthropogenic debris as another factor for seafood safety advisories relevant for consumers,” the study said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the study, samples of whole fish, gastrointestinal tracts of fish and whole bivalves were collected during August and November of 2014 from markets and fishermen at Half Moon Bay and Princeton, California, and from the Paotere fish market in Makassar, Indonesia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In California, the researchers processed 64 individual fish across 12 different species. They found man-made fibrous material in 29% of jack smelt, 30% of Pacific anchovies, 33% of yellowtail rockfish, 43% of striped bass, 25% of Chinook salmon, 20% of blue rockfish, 60% of Pacific sand dabs, 9% of lingcod and 33% of Pacific oysters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The researchers were unable to confirm whether the material was made from synthetic material or natural fibres such as cotton. Fibres collected that resembled researchers’ laboratory coats or that was the same colour of their clothing on the day of analysis were discarded and not counted as man-made debris. – Los Angeles Times/Tribune News Service</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.star2.com/living/living-environment/2015/12/01/a-dangerous-diet-of-plastic/">http://www.star2.com/living/living-environment/2015/12/01/a-dangerous-diet-of-plastic/</a></div>
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IzanJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16176417509002613135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000686499080374924.post-70839182455730130512015-11-30T17:35:00.000+08:002015-12-01T19:56:19.017+08:00UPM’s Recycle to Cycle project ensures green commute<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5c5c5c; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px;">
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<span style="background-color: #dadada; font-family: "roboto"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Some 7,000 bicycles within the campus of Universiti Pertanian Malaysia provide students with emission-free transportation. Photo: Coca-Cola Malaysia</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A fun and unique project to encourage students to recycle and reduce carbon emissions has turned Universiti Pertanian Malaysia into a green campus with some 7,000 bicycles owned by students.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Recycle to Cycle or R2C project, initiated in 2013, encourages students to recycle and at the same time, adopt a healthy and active lifestyle. Students participate by recycling empty PET bottles and aluminium cans, in exchange for the use of bicycles and safety helmets. Proceeds from the sale of the recyclable items are reinvested into the programme to make it sustainable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To get things going in 2013, UPM received a US$250,000 grant from The Coca-Cola Foundation. The project has contributed to UPM’s efforts to become a green campus by helping to reduce the use of private motor vehicles and increasing the use of cycling lanes. The original fleet of 200 bicycles is still available for lease via the recycling mechanics, managed by UPM’s department of biology</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The next phase of Recycle to Cycle will see recycling and emissions reduction efforts intensified with the launch of the Red Cube, an environmentally friendly building featuring a rainwater harvesting system that provides water that flows continuously over the roof to cool the building.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Other design elements that keep the building green include solar-powered lights, fans and exhaust vents for cooling, and windows that take advantage of natural air flows to encourage ventilation. Plants outside the windows further cool down the air. The building will be used as a student activity centre.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">UPM has reduced the number of buses on campus and the existing ones are now powered by natural gas. Students are encourage to cycle and walk, and a special installment payment scheme has been introduced to help students own bicycles. UPM has also reorganised the students’ accommodation facilities so that they stay in colleges closer to their faculty. Covered walkways enable students to walk from their hostels to lecture halls. – Coca-Cola Malaysia</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.star2.com/living/living-environment/2015/11/30/a-green-commute-at-upm/">http://www.star2.com/living/living-environment/2015/11/30/a-green-commute-at-upm/</a></span></div>
IzanJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16176417509002613135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000686499080374924.post-8948885281026604252015-11-30T16:56:00.000+08:002015-12-01T19:57:04.754+08:00Plop, plop: A new look at poop<div class="head-image thumb-wrap relative" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5c5c5c; font-family: Roboto; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; position: relative;">
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Most societies are averse to animal waste but in India, cow dung is widely used as cooking fuel. Photo: AFP</div>
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<b><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: "" "roboto" "" , "serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">I</span></b><b><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">t is a
logical result of extinction, so one wonders why no one bothered to do the sum
before: What happened to the world when it lost the cumulative billions of
tonnes of faeces produced by mammoths, sloths and whales?</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">A new
study from the University of Vermont has shown that the planet has suffered
two-fold from the removal of this biomass. Not only from the lack of diversity
created by the extinctions of ancient megafauna and modern, human-induced
depletions of many species – from seabirds to elephants, and whales – but from
what they once did for our planet by spreading their poo around, redistributing
nutrients and fertilising new growth.</span><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">“The
past was a world of giants,” the new paper rhapsodises, evoking an Edenic world
– albeit one full of poo. Dr Joe Roman, co-author of the study, says: “This
once was a world that had 10 times more whales, 20 times more anadromous fish
like salmon, double the number of seabirds, and 10 times more large herbivores
like giant sloths and mastodons and mammoths … this broken global cycle may
weaken ecosystem health, fisheries and agriculture.”</span><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Remove
all that guano and poo from the planet and you are left with a greatly reduced
fertility. The scientists behind the study estimate that the capacity of land
animals to spread nutrients has fallen to 8% below its value before 150 species
of ice age mammals went extinct. Until now, it was thought that animals played
a minor role in the process. But the new study indicates that they acted, en masse,
as a “distribution pump”, fertilising new areas that would otherwise be
unproductive.</span><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The
paper is a follow-up to one that appeared last year, also co-authored by Roman,
which reported the ameliorating effect that whale faeces has on climate change,
fixing carbon in the oceans by fertilising phytoplankton growth.</span><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Last
year’s scientific paper from the New Bedford Whaling Museum’s Robert Rocha and
others indicated that in the 20th century alone, nearly three million whales
were killed. The removal of such a vast volume of biomass from the Earth’s
environment has had an incalculable effect. As George Monbiot notes in his book <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Feral</em>, sperm whales, the
deepest diving of all whales, also stirred up nutrients from the ocean bed.</span><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">But the
University of Vermont’s report also speaks to our philosophical attitude to
faeces. Why do we spend billions to get rid of our waste – other than out of a
strange hatred of our own bodily functions? Imagine what all those lost
nutrients could do – not least in generating bio-responsible power.</span><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Our
modern disassociation from poo speaks volumes. In the past, human excrement was
a vital part of the food chain, with “night soil” regularly used to feed the
ground – and thus the plants that we, or our animals, ate. During the 19th century,
the gathering of dog poo for the tanning industry was a specific trade,
somewhat paradoxically known as pure finding.</span><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Imagine,
too, in a pre-combustion engine city the size of London, New York or Paris, the
volume of horse manure being produced each day. Character-istically, the great
horse manure crisis of 1894, when it was predicted that London’s streets would
be overwhelmed by dung – was precipitated by the invention of chemical
fertilisers, thereby creating a whole new set of problems for the environment.</span><span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #5c5c5c; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Now we
can barely bring ourselves to mention the subject. But without poo, we would be
nothing. Funny how it takes mass extinction to remind us of that fact. –
Guardian News Service</span></div>
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<br />IzanJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16176417509002613135noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000686499080374924.post-57439261333390934442015-11-25T19:41:00.000+08:002015-12-01T19:57:16.080+08:00Kerajaan sokong penggunaan sisa pepejal jana elektrik - Ongkili Source : Berita Harian Online<br />
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<span style="background-color: #f6f6f6; color: #333333; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Datuk Seri Maximus Ongkili</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f6f6f6; color: #333333; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 16px;">KUALA LUMPUR: Kerajaan akan terus menyokong usaha penggunaan sisa pepejal bagi menghasilkan sumber tenaga boleh diperbaharui untuk menjana elektrik melalui konsep "Waste to Wealth". </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f6f6f6; color: #333333; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 16px;">Menteri Tenaga, Teknologi Hijau dan Air, Datuk Seri Maximus Ongkili, berkata setakat ini penjanaan elektrik menggunakan sisa pepejal menyalurkan sebanyak tujuh megawatt tenaga elektrik. "Sebanyak 25.4 megawatt tenaga elektrik yang dihasilkan daripada sisa pepejal itu masih belum lagi boleh disalurkan kerana masih belum diluluskan.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f6f6f6; color: #333333; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 16px;"> "Melalui kerjasama daripada semua pihak termasuk kementerian-kementerian yang berkaitan, kami menyokong penjanaan tenaga elektrik menggunakan sisa pepejal melalui konsep 'Waste to Wealth'," katanya. Ongkili berkata demikian ketika menjawab soalan tambahan Mohd Fasiah Mohd Fakeh (BN-Sabak Bernam) berkenaan usaha kerajaan memanfaatkan sisa pepejal untuk menjana kuasa elektrik, di Dewan Rakyat di sini, hari ini. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f6f6f6; color: #333333; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 16px;">Menjawab soalan tambahan Dr Tan Seng Giaw (DAP-Kepong) berkenaan peratusan tenaga boleh diperbaharui yang dimiliki oleh negara ini, Ongkili berkata setakat ini Malaysia mempunyai 14 peratus tenaga boleh diperbaharui. "Berikutan keputusan yang dibuat oleh Menteri-menteri Tenaga ASEAN pada bulan lalu, semua jenis hidro telah dikategorikan sebagai diperbaharui menjadikan jumlah peratusan sebanyak 14 peratus berbanding sebelum itu kira-kira enam peratus. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f6f6f6; color: #333333; font-family: "roboto" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 16px;">"Sasaran Malaysia adalah mencapai status 23 peratus tenaga diperbaharui menjelang tahun 2025 dan kita yakin dengan usaha semua pihak dapat mencapai sasaran itu," katanya. - BERNAMA</span><br />
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