Apart from developing a waste recovery sourcing strategy to improve our scheduled waste management, we are also making steady progress towards establishing 3R culture with regard to non-hazardous waste. Further to the rolling out of our Green Office Handbook and Single-Use Plastics Handbook in 2020, we also incorporated environmental sustainability in our HSE Plan 2021 to institutionalise green practices across the company.
Starting this year, we have implemented several initiatives to reduce the usage of single-use plastics. As of January 2023, we have prohibited drinking water in plastic bottles at all PDB-organised meetings, trainings and meetings. And as of June 2023, we have prohibited usage of plastic cups, bags and take-away containers and cutleries at all PDB-organised meetings, trainings and meetings. In addition, we have also implemented the provision of segregation bins for collection of plastic wastes at all our terminals, offices and training centres.
Beyond our own operations, we are also using our network of stations as a conduit for community recycling through collaborations with partners in providing access to recycling activities and facilities. In collaboration with Alam Flora, we have been conducting community recycling sessions at selected stations since 2019. And most recently, we launched the Used Cooking Oil (UCO) collection at selected stations which contributes to our country’s bio-economy strategic initiative; the UCO collected is one of the bio-feedstock which will be processed into Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).
PDB together with Solid Waste Management and Public Cleansing Corporation (SWCorp) & Ministry of Local Government Development (KPKT) has recently organised a coastal clean-up and segregation bins roll-out at PETRONAS stations in Langkawi. This initiative is a collaboration between PDB, Langkawi Municipal Council The City Of Tourism (MPLBP) and SWCorp.
We will continue to expand such programmes as the communities become more aware about the importance of managing waste and the value of recycling.