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July 16, 2011
Waste station running again
By DERRICK VINESH
Star
BUTTERWORTH: Waste collection and compacting operations at the Ampang Jajar waste transfer station in Seberang Jaya have resumed following the completion of modification work to its machinery.
Penang Local Government and Traffic Management Committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow said the station re-started services to receive garbage transported from the island on Monday.
“We hope the station will be fully operational by next Wednesday to receive all 600 tonnes of household waste from the island daily,” he said after visiting the Ampang Jajar transfer station here yesterday.
On July 6, it was reported garbage trucks were lining up outside the Ampang Jajar station following the closure of the Batu Maung waste transfer station on the island the same day.
The 50-odd truck drivers had to wait outside the station between two and 12 hours after midnight on July 5, as long queues formed to drop off garbage from the island.
It was reported that the transfer of garbage from the trucks to the station was delayed due to mechanical problems of the silo bins.
The state government had then given the Ampang Jajar transfer station operator, Eurasia Express Sdn Bhd (EESB), seven days to rectify its shortcomings.
During that period, EESB had asked the island’s garbage truck drivers to temporarily send their garbage directly to the Pulau Burung landfill in Nibong Tebal, South Seberang Prai, until the problems at the Ampang Jajar station were rectified.
He said the transfer station was presently running on a 24-hour shift to process the backlog of garbage collected from the island over the past week.
Chow apologised to residents on the island, especially those living in Balik Pulau and Batu Maung, whose garbage collection was affected during the “transition period”.
He said the state had recently asked EESB to upgrade the Batu Maung transfer station to have eight discharge bays instead of the four bays at present, to make it the island’s permanent transfer station.
“The Batu Maung station, which used to transport the island’s garbage via barges across the Penang Channel to Nibong Tebal, was temporarily closed as the developers of the second Penang bridge needed to work on the waterway route that was used by the barges,” he said
Waste station running again
By DERRICK VINESH
Star
BUTTERWORTH: Waste collection and compacting operations at the Ampang Jajar waste transfer station in Seberang Jaya have resumed following the completion of modification work to its machinery.
Penang Local Government and Traffic Management Committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow said the station re-started services to receive garbage transported from the island on Monday.
“We hope the station will be fully operational by next Wednesday to receive all 600 tonnes of household waste from the island daily,” he said after visiting the Ampang Jajar transfer station here yesterday.
On July 6, it was reported garbage trucks were lining up outside the Ampang Jajar station following the closure of the Batu Maung waste transfer station on the island the same day.
The 50-odd truck drivers had to wait outside the station between two and 12 hours after midnight on July 5, as long queues formed to drop off garbage from the island.
It was reported that the transfer of garbage from the trucks to the station was delayed due to mechanical problems of the silo bins.
The state government had then given the Ampang Jajar transfer station operator, Eurasia Express Sdn Bhd (EESB), seven days to rectify its shortcomings.
During that period, EESB had asked the island’s garbage truck drivers to temporarily send their garbage directly to the Pulau Burung landfill in Nibong Tebal, South Seberang Prai, until the problems at the Ampang Jajar station were rectified.
He said the transfer station was presently running on a 24-hour shift to process the backlog of garbage collected from the island over the past week.
Chow apologised to residents on the island, especially those living in Balik Pulau and Batu Maung, whose garbage collection was affected during the “transition period”.
He said the state had recently asked EESB to upgrade the Batu Maung transfer station to have eight discharge bays instead of the four bays at present, to make it the island’s permanent transfer station.
“The Batu Maung station, which used to transport the island’s garbage via barges across the Penang Channel to Nibong Tebal, was temporarily closed as the developers of the second Penang bridge needed to work on the waterway route that was used by the barges,” he said
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