Malaysia: over 1,800 tonnes of toxic waste found abandoned at port
Malaysia has discovered 110 containers of hazardous heavy metals from Romania and bound for Indonesia that had illegally entered the country and were abandoned last month.
Malaysia discovers 110 containers of hazardous heavy metals from Romania (Photo: )
Hanoi (VNA) - Malaysia has discovered 110 containers of hazardous heavy metalsfrom Romania and bound for Indonesia that had illegally entered the country andwere abandoned last month.
Malaysian state media Bernama quoted Environmentand Water Minister Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man as saying that 1,864 tonnes ofelectric arc furnace dust (EAFD) – a by-product of steel production thatcontains heavy metals like zinc, lead and cadmium – were found abandoned at theTanjung Pelepas port in the southern state of Johor.
The discovery of the EAFD is the biggest finding of its kind in Malaysianhistory, he said.
The EAFD, classified as a toxic waste under the Basel Convention, was listed asconcentrated zinc in declaration forms.
TheDepartment of Environment, as the Basel Convention authority of Malaysia, hasnot granted approval for or received notifications from the waste exporter totransit in Malaysia, the minister said.
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Malaysia discovers 110 containers of hazardous heavy metals from Romania (Photo: ) 
