Dear Forumers,

Want help the environment by recycling but don't know where to send them? Check out the list here.


Selangor



Kuala Lumpur
Mid Valley South Court Parking (near travellator) - Papers, cardboards, aluminium, computer monitors



Post all the places you know here. If you have places to recycle electronic things please state here as well. Important for Lowyat forumers.

This should help

http://www.recycleandreward.my/index

Nice, thats' great to see.

But is this available only in KL and Selangor? Has anyone tried this out yet?

This is a regular feature for the community pages of the newspaper. Is it appropriate for PhD School?

Try www.earthagain.cc if you have books to give away. They collect books and convert into points so you'll be able to redeem items such as books, plants, fertilizer etc. They are slowly becoming a regular in One Utama.

For other things, you can donate to charity homes or those donation box (tesco puchong/ ttdi etc).

Recycle bins are also available around town, Damansara, Ikea/Ikano, schools too.

Hope that helps.

hi all,

this is a good thread, but i would like to ask if anyone knows the proper way to dispose energy saving bulb?
i have a couple of them kept in my home as i'm not sure how to dispose them. Pls help advise.

Thanks!

Not many people know yet that the Energy Efficient Light Bulbs contain mercury. Despite being a small amount, it is still very dangerous if leaked into the earth or water. But, PhD education teaches people to take the Energy Efficient Light Bulbs to the nearest recycling station, or return to the retailer if the owner is a member of the Distributor Takeback Scheme.

In the same way, perhaps you can share with us how to dispose of old Plastic Bags and used Batteries that pile up at your home.

for batteries, it is never a problem for me as my company has a big thrash can for batteries only...so i always collect and dispose at my company...

for plastic bags, i have since minimized the use, in penang, we don't use plastic bags anymore, we use recycle bags...

but if i really need...i'll buy from Tesco plastic bags because they are bio degradable...

may i know where is the nearest recycling station you mean that accepts energy saving bulb? retailer like Philips and Osrams do take back?
i'm not aware of that....

I usually return the bulbs to the lighting retailer since they're willing to take back. Since I don't know where you're staying, but if you're staying near Mutiara Damansara, then you can pay a visit to a Recycling Centre at Ikano Power Centre, near IKEA Malaysia. You also can find the List of Community Recycling Center here provided by Alam Flora.



By the way, are you inventing meaningful eco-friendly gadgets for Malaysians, such as the Portable iPhone speakers, “eco-amp” (made of recycle fibers)?



The product is sustainable and is made of entirely FSC certified recycle fibers which are already used. The amplifier works in the same way in which the old gramophones used to do in the past. A horn, which is articulated, amplifies the sound which comes from a source which is a single point. One of the biggest advantages of this device is that it is not run by the help of battery.

Via: Eco-friend

found out that some places collecting batteries, got ppl also throw the energy saving bulb there in the same thrash bin...

hmm..not sure if the people who recycle will actually accept the bulb or they will just separate them out and throw to normal rubbish area as well....

found this info recently, hope it help:

Collect Used light bulb

IKEA KL



This post has been edited by christywhf: Aug 22 2013, 10:00 PM

hi...thank you all for the info.
do you know anywhere i can dispose the long flourescent light around pj / menjalara area?

do you know anywhere i can dispose the long flourescent light ? ikea can?

Would like to get some feedback.

Are there many people who are considerate enough about the environment to dispose of dry batteries and electronic gadgets responsibly? (i.e. phones, MP3 players, cameras)