5R CONCEPT

Refuse​

• Bring your own bag.
• Don't accept unnecessary items.
• Don't use disposable items.
• Bring your own food/drink containers.

Rethink​

• Think before buying, is it necessary?
• Think before you throw it away.
• Think about the environmental impact.

Reduce​

• Use your own bag/container.
• Reduce printed copies.
• Avoid using disposable materials.
• Educate children, workers, and staff to reduce waste.
• Share reading materials.
• Don't waste it.

Recycle​

• Separate recyclable items.
• Send/sell at a recycling center.
• Compost organic waste.
• Educate children, workers, and staff to recycle.
• Participate in recycling-related activities.

Reuse​

• Reuse bottles/containers.
• Use both pages of paper.
• Educate children, workers, and staff to reuse.

USJ 7 BAZAR RECYCLING SQUARE & USED FACTORY

• At Bazar USJ 7, MBSJ has collaborated with non-governmental organisations (NGOs) such as Kloth and Life Line Clothing Malaysia (LLCM) to collect used fabrics/clothes.
• Collaboration with Tetrapak for the placement of recycling bins.
• The provision of these bins is to make it easier for residents to drop off their recyclables .

Address of MBSJ Integrated Biomass Centre
Jalan BP 4/1, Bandar Bukit Puchong, 47100 Puchong, Selangor

ORGANIC WASTE PROCESSING

1. Garden Compost

• Garden waste from landscape maintenance in the MBSJ area is processed and composted naturally

2. Vermicompost

• Leaf waste from area cleaning activities and market vegetable waste are crushed and composted using African Night Crawler worms .

PRODUCT REVENUE & SALES PRICE

Garden Compost & Vermi Compost Products

3. Food Waste

• Biomate
• The biomate machine works to process food waste to be used as food waste compost.
• Among the ingredients used are wood dust and amylase enzyme.
• The process takes 24-48 hours to become compost

• Anaerobic Digestion (AD) Project
• This project is carried out by recycling food waste from food premises, food courts and school canteens to generate electricity. The waste is collected by council staff and then processed.
• Food waste that is processed through the fermentation process will produce biogas.
• The process of decomposing food waste using bacteria then produces methane gas.

OPERATION SCHEDULE:

OFFICIAL VISIT:

The MBSJ Integrated Biomass Centre is ready to receive external visits (government/private agencies/schools/residential committees (MPP) and others) for the purpose of sharing knowledge, providing awareness and education about the importance of caring for the environment & practicing recycling.

Visiting day:

Tuesday and Thursday every second and fourth week

Applications for official visits can be made through the MBSJ Corporate and Strategic Management Department. Please visit the MBSJ website www.mbsj.gov.my

WASTE ECO PARK (WEP) MBSJ

• Waste Eco Park is located at Jalan TS 6/10 USJ 1, Subang Jaya and began operations on 17 August 2022. The site area is 1.3 acres.
• Initially, this site was an illegal garbage dump and an unauthorized parking lot for heavy vehicles.
• The site status is open space and is currently in the process of being gazetted. 0.5 acres are used as a nursery for the Landscape Department and 0.8 acres are used as a coconut waste management site.
• MBSJ has imposed a coconut waste collection charge on MBSJ kiosk traders at a rate of RM133/month and roadside vendors at a rate of RM199/month.

COCONUT WASTE PROCESSING

MBSJ has produced organic products from coconut waste, namely:

1. Cocopeat

• Cocopeat is an organic material made from coconut fiber and is used for plants.
• The function of cocopeat is to store water, is environmentally friendly, has good ventilation, and is disease-free.
• Cocopeat is often used in agriculture, horticulture, and hydroponic systems.

2. Cocofiber

• Cocofiber is a coarse fiber material obtained from coconut husks.
• It is used in horticulture as a mulch for plants, soil stabilizer, good aeration in the growing medium and it is also environmentally friendly and durable.

PRODUCT REVENUE & SALES PRICE

OFFICIAL VISIT:

WEP MBSJ is ready to receive external visits (government/private agencies/schools/residents' committees (MPP) and others) for the purpose of sharing knowledge, providing awareness and education about the importance of caring for the environment & practicing recycling.

Visiting day :

Tuesday and Thursday every second and fourth week

Applications for official visits can be made through the MBSJ Corporate and Strategic Management Department. Please visit the MBSJ website www.mbsj.gov.my

If you have any questions, please contact:

PROGRAM AND POLICY DIVISION

Department of Environmental Management

Subang Jaya City Council

USJ Unity Walk 5

47610 Subang Jaya

Selangor

Tel. no.: 03-80263180 or 03-80264420