For Malaysia

Generation of E-Waste

E-WASTE IN MALAYSIA
By year 2020, Malaysia were estimated to
generate 1,119,155 metric tons of e-waste.

• The StEP (Solving the E-waste Problem)

organization had published a data from 184
countries on e-waste generation.
• The latest amount recorded for generation
of e-waste in Malaysia for 2014 alone was
232,000 metric ton.
• The estimation of projected total with
690,827,529 metric ton of e-waste
generation by year 2008-2020
Discussion: How can we reduce the e-waste from
Personal computers?

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Dismantling and Recycling Centers

• Based on the storage and production capacity of the

recovery facilities, every e-waste facility will be restricted by

an e-waste receiving quota set by the DOE. The online portal

eSWIS (2018) reported 119 facilities (by October 2018)

dealing with 36 are classified as full recovery facilities and

the remaining 77 are partial recovery facilities.

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Government Legislation
 E-waste management Stakeholders

• Manufacturers of electrical and electronic products

• Importers of electrical and electronic products (new and secondhand)
• Retailers of electrical and electronic products
• Local councils
• Charities and NGOs
• Consumers
• DOE licensed e-waste contractors
• Scrap collectors
• Department of Environment, Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment
• National Solid Waste Management Department (NSWMD), Ministry of Housing and
Local Government Malaysia (MHLG)
 E-waste recycling practices and
challenges
• Most of recovery facilities still limited to wet chemical processes,
electrolysis processes, air separation and thermal. Those all lacking
components need an urgent strategy and vast implementation in order
to tackle the e-waste issue.
• Full implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) by
2035.
• The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is a strategy to promote
the integration of environmental cost in a way of extending the
producer’s responsibility to the post-consumer stage. It is involving the
entire lifecycle especially for take back, recycle and final disposal.