Perak exco: Metal smelting factory as source of odour pollution at Simpang Pulai

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KUALA KANGSAR, April 4 — The Perak state government has identified an e-Waste smelter in Simpang Pulai that has alleged caused odour pollution due to its metal smelting activities.

State Health, Science, Environment and Green Technology Committee chairman Mohd Akmal Kamarudin said the finding was the result of a joint operation headed by the Department of Environment (DOE) yesterday to identify the source of the pollution in the area.

“Investigations revealed that the source of odour pollution was from the the processing of e-Waste scrap by smelting at high temperatures, which produced gases and acidic water with an unpleasant odour.

“The DOE has confiscated the scrap processing equipment as well as the e-Waste at the plant under Section 38(1)(a) of the Environmental Quality Act 1974,” he said when met after launching a state-level food safety operation in conjunction with Ramadan here today.

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