Urban Litter Choking Our Rivers

Cha Ly Koh, CEO, Urbanmetry

25-Jun-21 07:45

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Small urban rivers, such as Selangor’s Klang River, are among the most polluting.

It’s part of the more than 1,000 rivers globally that account for 80 percent of plastic waste found in the ocean. So what can we do to clean up the river? What approach is needed?

Cha Ly Koh, CEO of Urbanmetry tells us.

Image Credit: BadeenFoldy | Shutterstock.com

Produced by: Arleen Webber

Presented by: Khoo Hsu Chuang, Wong Shou Ning, Shazana Mokhtar

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Categories: Environment, Science, Politics, Social Issues, law & legal matters, Investments

Tags: Klang river, urban litter, rivers, pollution, plastic, waste, ocean,

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