Environmental Protection & Sustainable Development
Environmental Pollution
Type of pollution
Control Environmental Pollution: Pollution prevention
International initiative: Sustainable development
Land Pollution
Define: imbalance in natural environment
nature create everything in fixed quantity but got destroyed with growing greed that result environmental pollution
Pollution prevention (P2): long term, front-end strategy that aim to reduce or eliminate toxicity and the amount of residuals at source :
Pollution prevention
Legislation
Techniques
Pollution taxes (Carbon Credit)
Environmental Policy Act
to encourage effort to prevent environmental damage
Integrates pollution prevention into environmental legislation
Pollution Prevention Act
P2 primary objective: pollution should prevent or reduce at source, whenever feasible
P2 secondary objective : management of residuals through recycling, treatment and disposal
Malaysia's Legislation
National Policy on the Environment (DASN) established continuos economic, social and cultural progress
Enhance the quality of life of Malaysia through environmentally sound and sustainable development
Legislative Framework
Registered EIA consultant can produce EIA report (Section 34A(2))
Fined increase from RM100K to RM500K (Section 34(A)8)
Prohibition order or stop work order for prescribed activities (Section 34AA)
Power of investigations & Authority card (Section 37A & 37B)
Power to arrest without warrant (Section 37C)
Competent Person (Section 49A)
Reward to informers (Section 49B)
Water Pollution Control
Restrictions on pollution of inland waters (Section 25, EQA 1974)
Prohibition of discharge of oil into Malaysian waters ( Section 27, EQA1974)
Prohibition of discharge of wastes into Malaysian Waters (Section 29, EQA1974)
Environmental Quality (Prescribed Activities) (Crude Palm Oil) Regulations 1977
Environmental Quality (Prescribed Activities) (Raw Natural Rubber) Regulations 1978
Environmental Quality (Industrial Effluent) Regulations 2009
Environmental Quality (Sewage) Regulations 2009
Prohibition againsts placing, deposit of schedule waste (Section 34B, EQA 1974)
Air Pollution Control
Environmental Quality (Scedule waste) Regulations 2005
Restriction on pollution of the atmosphere (Section 22, EQA 1974)
Environmental Quality (Clean Air) Regulations 2004
Prohibitions on open burning (Section 29A & 29AA, EQA 1974)
Environmental Quality (Declared Activities)(Open burning) Regulations 2003
Source Segregation
Keep hazardous waste from mingling with non-hazardous waste
Raw materials substitution
Use inputs that result in little or no hazardous waste
Changes in manufacturing processes
Use methods that generate fewer hazardous by products
Product Substitution
Use relative safe goods instead of polluting products
Generic term for any trad able certificate or permit represent the right to emit one tons of carbon dioxide or the mass of another green house gas
1 Carbon credit = 1 tons of carbon dioxide
CARBON CREDIT?
Generate from renewable sources like wind or solar instead fossil fuels like coal or gas
Require third party auditor to come and inspect resulted in avoidance of Carbon Dioxide and other Greenhouse Gases
Carbon credit issue by VCS Registry based third party's opinion and internal quality check.
Carbon credit created when Registry confirms "avoidance of Greenhouse Gases"
Can be allocated to individual or business through their purchase
Once purchase, voluntary retirement of that Carbon Credit are complete on behalf individual or business
Sustainable development: make sure things we do, goods we buy and lifestyle we have not harm the environment for next generations
Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. Brundtland Report (1987
Component;
SOCIAL
ECONOMY
ENVIRONMENT
GOVERNANCE
Water pollution
Air pollution
Proposed Core Areas
Economic
macro
micro
Economic Performance
Sustainable finance
Green GDP and Open market
Natural and human capital
Equity
Sustainable Investment
Green Tech and Economic Instrument
Sustainable consumption & production
Social Responsibility
Social
Demographic
Education
Health
Security & Safety
Mobility
Housing & Amenity
Utilities & Infrastructure
Environment
Air Quality
Climate, Variability & Change
Water
Land Use
Forest
Biodiversity
Coast, Islands & Oceans
Oceans
Hazards
Energy
Waste
Governance
Structure
Institutions
Stakeholder
Systems
Policy
Law
Economic Instruments
Decision Making
Planning etc