When illegal factories sprang up around Jenjarom in Malaysia, choking the town with toxic fumes and tonnes of plastic waste from Western countries, a group of villagers decided to fight back.

ALL business premises and factories in Ipoh, Perak, will need to prepare adequate rubbish bins by the end of the year, says Ipoh mayor Datuk Rumaizi Baharin. He said Ipoh City Council (MBI ...