Who Collects Your Rubbish?

I remembered that when I was in primary school we had rubbish collection every day outside the house. There will be a lorry with compactor at the behind and several men in uniforms fetching bags of rubbish from each rubbish bin and throwing them into the lorry (now the men will come first to gather rubbish from a few bins at several sites along the road so that when the lorry arrives they can pick up the whole heap of rubbish at one go so that the lorry does not have to stop house by house). I would wait at the house gate and looked at the compactor to see whether I have any chance to witness the operation of the compactor. It sounds silly but I enjoyed that a lot at that time, hahaha.

Besides the fact that it is a bit too deep, it
really protects the content from rain and strays.
(image taken from Epsom Ewell website)

My family and I moved to our new home in Nibong Tebal when I was in Standard Two. Every new house in the residential area received a uniform green bin with a attached lid with two wheels underneath. Well I didn't really look into the details of how rubbish collection works and what I knew was those people are from Penang Municipal Council and they came every day. Years later, without my realisation, the frequency of rubbish collection was reduced to three days per week (I started to be away from home since 2012 to study in Selangor). And the green bin that we used to have was gone (stolen maybe?) that we used a paint bin as a substitute which will be placed at the roadside only when there will be a rubbish collection service to avoid strays from messing with the rubbish.

National Solid Waste Management Department was established in 2007 under the Ministry of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government under the Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Management Act 2007 (Act 672). I just found out about the existence of such a department in Malaysia through the subject Integrated Solid Waste Management that I am taking this semester. Besides that, through the Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Management Corporation Act 2007 (Act 673), Solid Waste Management and Public Cleansing Corporation (PPSPPA) was established to enforce Act 672. (this was the first time I study law and reading the text was really painful!!!)

MESYM Widget Is Here!

Yay MESYM with the new awesome interface comes with widget! Now you can embed any interesting content that you want on MESYM on your personal website or blog! An event calender to remind yourself or your website visitors on the latest event that came up? Or a project that you want to keep yourself updated? Here's the instruction on how to do it. Happy exploring the evolved version of MESYM website!

Shah Alam Trees for Life 2015 (April Edition) - Trailer

If you have been looking for a chance to be a tree hugger but you are not sure when and where, here's the trailer of Shah Alam Trees for Life 2015, the April edition! Eco Warriors Malaysia and Shah Alam City Council have been working together organizing tree planting events around Shah Alam area once a month since 2010 as one of the community programs by the city council. With the theme 'A Corporate Social Responsibility', corporations and the public are encouraged to be part of the simple yet meaningful environmental movement by planting tree-lings at various parks in Shah Alam. Over the years, improvement has been made that fruit trees are planted as well so that we get double benefits as the trees grow (if you get what I mean, hehe)!

Dish Motion - Wednesday Soup Delivery

Personally I enjoy soup very much and I like to drown my nice with soup (hey don't judge!). It is not difficult to have soup during meals when I am studying in UPM because there are two economic rice shops at old flat serving Chinese-style soup for free! I have tried bittergourd soup, old cucumber soup, ABC soup (tomato, potato, onion soup basically), corn soup etc. but all of them have one similarity - you feel thirsty after having them. 

I came across this Facebook page named DishMotion which makes dinner delivery on every Wednesday, and it is specifically soup with tomato rice (the one that was quite popular on internet last time, hahaha). At first, I thought it was another project of a student taking business management course who are required to sell something as part of the course (since it is a compulsory course I will have to face it sooner or later). After talking to a friend who has ordered the delivery, it is actually a personal business started by a third-year student of UPM. What attracted me the most about this dinner delivery is that they use good quality containers which are non-disposable! Being an environmental student I feel rather uneasy using disposable container. Can you imagine how much plastics or polystyrenes you are going to throw away each time you take away food?

Tadaa! The lovely containers that serve me nice and warm food!