Category: Environment EN

The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) urges the Penang state government, Seberang Perai City Council (MBSP), Department of Environment (DOE), and Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID) to conduct investigations and take immediate action to address the pollution of Juru River in the Central Seberang Perai (SPT) district. In a survey conducted by CAP, it was found that the pollution...

On 21 March 2025, the Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) gave a talk on energy saving to around 800 students of SJKC Union. Our objective is to raise awareness among students about the importance of energy conservation and efficiency in combating climate change. As part of our initiative to promote sustainability, we appointed selected students from each class as Energy Monitors – young...

Our trash doesn’t simply vanish when we throw it out. “There is no such thing as ‘away’,” Annie Leonard, former executive director of Greenpeace USA, says in her book, The Story of Stuff. “When we throw anything away, it must go somewhere.” It ends up in a landfill, incinerator, or the environment.    

Building a Sharing Community for Sustainable Consumption Green Action Week is a global campaign that unites communities for the well-being of both people and the planet. The campaign builds a sharing community as a powerful driver of sustainable consumption. By sharing knowledge, skills, resources, creative ideas, and more participants help build a culture of sustainability and circular systems...

GAIA and over 100 civil society groups across five continents (including Consumers’ Association of Penang and Sahabat Alam Malaysia) are calling on UN-HABITAT to stop promoting "waste-to-energy" incineration—a harmful, outdated, and unjust approach to waste management. Incineration is NOT sustainable. It harms public health, deepens environmental injustices, and undermines real climate...

The true cost of fashion is more than what’s on the price tag – it lingers in pollution, water waste, and emissions. Between 2000 and 2015, clothing production had doubled. It is estimated that 92 million tonnes of textile waste is generated worldwide each year. This is equivalent to a truckload of clothing being incinerated or sent to landfills every second. Fashion shouldn’t come at the...

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) urges the Penang state government to cancel the proposed land reclamation project adjacent to the existing Jelutong Landfill in Penang, and the EIA of the proposed project rejected by the Department of Environment due to the negative environmental and health impacts. Moreover, the proposed reclamation works will have adverse impacts on the Middle Bank, which is rich...