Pollution accidentelle des eaux (+ déchets plastiques)

The Trikora Beach in Bintan Regency, Riau Islands, is once again contaminated by black oil spills.

Un responsable malaisien a déclaré le 21 juin que des opérations de nettoyage étaient en cours après qu’une marée noire au large de Singapour s’est propagée aux plages du Sud de la Malaisie.

Dans le club des correspondants, franceinfo passe les frontières pour voir ce qu'il se passe ailleurs dans le monde. Aujourd'hui direction les États-Unis et la Malaisie, deux pays concernés par la pollution aux microplastiques des océans. 

PETALING JAYA: Quick action by the Selangor Water Management Authority (Luas) prevented the Sungai Semenyih water treatment plant from shutting down due to pollution on Monday (June 14).

PORT DICKSON: The Department of Environment (DoE) is investigating an oil spill at Pantai Cermin, Batu 10, near here, which has polluted about three kilometres of the coast.

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Johor Marine Department Finds Nearly 300 Tonnes Of Oil Dumped Into Sea By Tank Ship
on April 19, 2019
Harian Metro reported that the waters of Tanjung Balau and Batu Layar, Kota Tinggi are currently contaminated because of an oil spill. The report revealed that nearly 300 tonnes metric of “Marine Fuel Oil” was dumped by a tank ship.

PM Lee raises concerns over pollution and long-term yield of Johor water
By Kenneth Cheng in Kuala Lumpur
Personnel from the Johor Fire and Rescue Department’s Hazmat unit taking water samples along the Kim Kim River in Pasir Gudang, Johor.

KUALA LUMPUR (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Removing pollutants from the 1.5km stretch of Sungai Kim Kim where chemicals were illegally dumped earlier this month will cost approximately RM6.5 million (S$2.16 million), Malaysia's environment minister has said.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE, Jan 4 (Reuters) – Nearly 300 tonnes of oil spilled into the narrow strait separating Singapore and Malaysia after a collision between two container vessels, the Singapore Marine Port Authority (MPA) said on Wednesday. There were no reports of injuries and 12 anti-pollution craft had been sent to clean up the mid-sized oil spill, …

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Malaysia is using chemical dispersants to break up an oil slick off its coast after a tanker laden with marine diesel sank last week, a top official said Tuesday (June 20).. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Plastic bags containing oily black sand lined the banks of Changi Point Ferry Terminal and stretched all the way along Changi Beach on Thursday (Jan 5), as workers tried to contain the aftermath of an oil spill.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 30 (Reuters) – Two large oil tankers that collided and caught fire near Singapore earlier this month are afloat and anchored in Malaysian waters, with an investigation into th

By Alex Longley and Yongchang Chin (Bloomberg) –Off the coast of Malaysia, in one of the world’s busiest shipping channels, an explosion on board the aging oil tanker Pablo rippe

SEREMBAN, Dec 25 — An unpleasant smell (odour pollution) that suddenly hit the residents in the area around Batu 4, Mantin early this morning was due to chemical substance, as an oil spill was discovered in the stream by the Seremban Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM). Its chief Mohamma

"Johor Sea Department detected a one kilometre oil spill along Tanjung Balau waters here this afternoon."

JOHOR BARU (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - After the chemical dumping incident in Sungai Kim Kim, Pasir Gudang, Johor Ruler Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar wants the authorities to investigate two other rivers that have been polluted.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

GEORGE TOWN: An oil spill off Penang that occurred as a result of a Hong Kong cargo vessel colliding with a shipwreck last Thursday is under control

GEORGE TOWN (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Up to six tonnes of diesel and hundreds of litres of engine oil floated from Penang seas towards Perak when a ship sank, threatening fish and shrimp farms and the coastal environment along several kilometres of northern Perak's coast.

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