KUALA LUMPUR: Nestle (Malaysia) Bhd has marked a new milestone in its efforts to drive plastic waste collection and recycling, with today's signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with Alam Flora Environmental Solutions Sdn Bhd.
Under the MoA, both parties will work towards establishing a joint kerbside recycling programme in Kuala Lumpur.
"With this initiative, Nestle will now be working with four large cities within the Klang Valley area to recover post-consumer plastics and facilitate higher waste collection as well as recycling rates," it said in a statement today.
The company said through thr programme, Nestle would be partnering with Alam Flora to increase the public's engagement and participation rate in kerbside recycling activities in Kuala Lumpur.
"This will entail door-to-door collection for landed, gated and non-gated premises, starting with 15 townships in the Greater Kuala Lumpur area.
"This includes Damansara, Bukit Persekutuan, Taman Bukit Pantai, Taman Bandaraya, Seksyen 16, Kiara View, Taman Villa Serene Kiara II, Bangsar Baru, Bukit Tunku, Lucky Garden, Bangsar, Desa Seri Hartamas, Taman Bangsar, Taman Sa and Taman Sri Hartamas," it said.
Nestle Malaysia chief executive officer Juan Aranols said the company was pleased to continue expanding its recycling programme to benefit the residents of Kuala Lumpur, building on the overwhelmingly positive response from the community we have seen in the company's previous initiatives in Petaling Jaya, Subang Jaya and Shah Alam.
"Building on this success and with the support of Alam Flora, one of the leading environmental solution companies in Malaysia, and of our long-time partner Tetra Pak, we hope to increase rates of segregation, collection and recycling.
"This is in line with our commitment to ensure that none of our packaging, including plastics, ends up in landfills or as litter, to fulfil our vision of a waste free future," he said.
Beginning March, Nestle said the first phase would benefit more than 10,000 residents of landed housing, whereby dedicated collection for recyclable waste will be carried out by Alam Flora.
Exclusively for this partnership with Nestle, Alam Flora will provide two new dedicated 11 tonne open tipper trucks and establish new collection routes and schedules to collect the recyclables.
A second phase is also targeted to commence in May 2022 to reach 9,000 residents of apartment buildings within the area.