The Selangor federal authorities is analyzing a proposition to combine 2 organized waste-to-energy (WTE) plant duties in Jeram and Rawang.
Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari claimed the state is presently in converse to find the chance of incorporating each really useful WTE duties.
The step is being considered to simplify initiatives and presumably lower public worries bordering the development of two totally different duties shut.
“What people are protesting isn’t necessarily the technology or the project itself, but the fact that both are happening simultaneously,” he claimed after pre-launching the Selangor Techsphere Summit 2025 at a resort in Bangi.
Amirudin clarified that of the campaigns entails the Federal Government (Rawang) and whereas the varied different is a state-led initiative (in Jeram)
He emphasised that whereas the time period “incinerator” is being extensively made use of, the job is much more exactly known as a waste-to-energy heart.
“Yesterday (June 12), stakeholders visited the WTE facility in Jeram, which is expected to be operational by the end of this year or early next year.”
Once accomplished, the WTE will have the ability to course of as much as 3,500 tonnes of waste day by day whereas Selangor generates 7,000 tonnes day by day.
“That’s not even half of our daily waste. That’s why we’re also looking at new sites like Tanjung Dua Belas,” he claimed.
According to Amirudin, the WTE heart methods are nonetheless at an onset and have truly not but gotten to the preparation authorization stage.
“It continues to be within the Environmental Impact Assesment (EIA) course of, which usually takes not less than one to 2 years.
“We totally perceive the objections. In truth, we’re contemplating a potential merger between the Rawang and Jeram WTE tasks.
“If they can be combined, it would be very good although the funding and project hosts are different,” he claimed.
