What happened to Malaysia. How scientists can help? Develop a system to educate, disciplin, monitoring, enforcing laws, and taking action on public regarding managing rubbish, crime and creating harmony.

Malaysians dump 60,000 tonnes of rubbish an amount that can fill almost 25 Olympic-sized swimming pools into the sewage treatment system every year. 20,000 cases of clogged sewer pipes were reported last year, IWK had to spend RM16mil to clear them and another RM8mil to remove the tonnes of rubbish from sewage treatment plants.

 ALAM Flora Sdn Bhd has compiled a list of top 10 rubbish hot spots in the city that contribute to some 100 tonnes of domestic waste per day.According to the company’s statistics, the country’s capital city is producing over 2,500 tonnes of domestic waste per day. This figure does not include the industrial waste which make up to about 1,000 tonnes

The waste company has found a correlation between the hot spots and an overwhelmingly large population of foreign migrant workers. In Jalan Silang for instance, the entire stretch of pre-war shophouses are run and operated by Bangladeshi and Nepalese businessmen, while in Petaling Street, Nepalese and Myanmar workers are running the shops and stalls on behalf of their employers. Over in Chow Kit and Jalan Masjid India, the number of Indonesians is increasing and so is the amount of rubbish generated. The situation is also similar in Brickfields; Indian nationals make up about 50% of the local population. During weekends, the mountains of rubbish are testament to this.

It has been reported that out of six million people in the Klang Valley, 222,843 are registered foreigners residing in Kuala Lumpur, 577,427 are illegal immigrants registered under the Home Ministry’s 6P programme, and 438,425 are illegal immigrants yet to be registered.These foreigners come from Indonesia (50.9%), Bangladesh (17.4%), Nepal (9.7%), Myanmar (7.8%) and India (6.3%), while the rest from Vietnam.