You pollute, we clean, you pay: New laws mulled to tackle environmental pollution

The government is exploring the possibility of introducing a law to compel those who pollute to pay for the cleanup operations and other damage that they cause. Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Minister Yeo Bee Yin said the law would be part of the proposed amendment to the Environmental Quality Act 1974.

Instead of focusing only on individuals who had committed the crime, the new law would also look into punishing companies that failed to monitor their scheduled waste disposal. “Polluters must pay for the mess, but what if the culprits are lorry drivers?”

How do we force them to pay millions in damages? They would be declared bankrupt and the government would still have to pay for the mess. What we want to do in the new law is make the companies who don’t monitor their waste pay for it; A press conference after attending the Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Research Bhd Green Conference.

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