sanitary

While it has made progress in some areas, Malaysia's daily waste generation rate is way above the global average.

Menstrual or period poverty in Malaysia is not at a worrying level with the government providing sanitary napkins to the groups involved.

Dr Zaliha Mustafa said for a start, the initiative would be implemented at her office at the MOH building.

The move was spurred by a recent push in some neighbouring Asian countries to tackle "period poverty"

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The law will have a significant effect on reducing "period poverty," the inability to afford sanitary products, and help many women.

Gladys Mukaratirwa realised that local girls were missing school every month because they could not afford disposable hygiene products.

The items brought include disposable diapers for adults and children, sanitary napkins, mineral water, biscuits and bread.

The disposal of non-organic menstrual pads or sanitary napkins used for menses has a massive long term impact on the environment.

The desludging process and regular maintenance in the sediment basin will be done for at least four months to remove all the silt.

The newly crowned Miss Earth Malaysia 2020/21, Dr Nisha Thayananthan expects to come up with her own brand of biodegradable sanitary pads by year-end.

Many people still think that waste management is the sole responsibility of the government and sanitary workers.

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A new 7.28-hectare landfill site, worth RM16.5 million and located besides the Sungai Udang sanitary landfill site is expected to be completed soon.

Melaka needs a new landfill site urgently as the Sungai Udang sanitary landfill is expected to last only a month before reaching full capacity, said Chief Minister Datuk Seri Idris Haron.

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According to JBPM, members of the public at the scene took initial action to rescue the victim before the fire brigade arrived.

Gordon Ramsay says about 477 Japanese cat models called maneki-neko were stolen from his Lucky Cat 22 Bishopsgate restaurant.

So far, 20 prosecution witnesses, including the two children, have been called for this trial, according to the Deputy Public Prosecutor.

Emmanuel Macron says showing any weakness to Russia's Vladimir Putin would make it harder to deal with China and Iran.

Netanyahu accuse Hamas of acting "in an unspeakably cynical manner" by placing body of a Gaza woman in the coffin instead of Shiri Bibas.

The US is a co-chair along with Malaysia of a working group on climate mitigation, or ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The group hopes Tesla will invest strategically, believing it's interested in acquiring Nissan's US plants, the report says.

The children have been handed over to their families on bond with conditions by the court.

The move will eliminate roughly 6% of the agency's workforce in the midst of the busy tax-filing season.