I had proposed is the recent full board meeting that MPSJ abolishes the fee from collecting bulky waste from homes. Currently, for disposing sofas, mattresses, etc, a fee of RM60 is imposed when you call MPSJ to come pick it up from your house.

Since the majority of residents don't call anyways (less than 100/yr), I think its pointless to collect the fee, penalizing the few who dispose of these bulky waste responsibly, unlike most who seem to enjoy dragging it out to street corners.

Since revenue loss will not be much, I hope this measure, if approved, will help reduce the incidences of roadside dumping.

While the proposal was not adopted in the last full board meeting, I hope my fellow councillors will give it some consideration, and that it will be approved soon.

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MPSJ acts on improving bulk waste collection

By S. PUSPADEVI
puspa@thestar.com.my

THE Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) has set up a task force comprising five teams to handle bulk waste collection.

MPSJ president Datuk Asmawi Kasbi said the task force had begun collecting bulk waste since numerous complaints arose from the public.

Since the beginning of its operations, Asmawi said the council had received a total of 102 complaints regarding uncollected bulk waste in October compared with 106 in the previous month.

“The number of complaints have reduced. We will come up with a fixed schedule and inform residential areas on the specific days and designated areas for bulk waste collection,” said Asmawi, adding that Subang Jaya is the highest on the list in terms of bulk waste collection.

“The task force has until December to compile the data and statistics on bulk waste collection in Subang Jaya,” he said, adding that the collection will be carried out twice a month.

He said since Alam Flora Sdn Bhd had ceased providing garbage collection and cleaning services in Selangor on Oct 16, the number of complaints for domestic waste collection had also reduced to 89 in October compared with 124 in August.

He said the council had no plans to increase the number of contractors for garbage collection services but assured that the council would monitor their progress from time to time.

At present, the council has 71 contractors assigned to garbage collection services in Subang Jaya.

Garbage is collected three times a week for residential areas and playgrounds, six times a week for high-rise buildings, commercial areas and industrial areas, and daily for wet markets.