Jabar Ekspres – Malaysia industry players spent 3.1 billion Malaysian ringgit (RM) on environmental protection spending in 2021.
According to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM), in a report issued in Putrajaya on Wednesday, the figure increased 48 percent compared to the previous year.
Pollution management dominated environmental protection spending with a total of RM2.2 billion, or 70.9 percent of solid waste management spending at RM803.7 million, or about 25.8 percent.
The remaining expenditure for environmental assessment and fees amounted to RM70.6 million with a contribution of 2.3 percent, other spending for environmental protection was RM19.3 million or about IDR62 billion (0.6 percent), and wildlife and habitat protection was RM12.2 million or about (0.4 percent).
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Environmental protection expenditure in 2021 was largely generated by the manufacturing sector at RM2.4 billion, with a contribution of 79.8 percent, followed by the services sector at RM386.4 million (12.4 percent).
The two sectors, according to the DOSM, dominated environmental protection spending with a contribution of 92.2 percent.
Meanwhile, the mining and quarrying, construction and agriculture sectors contributed 36 percent (RM110.8 million), 2.7 percent (RM84.7 million) and 1.5 percent (RM47.1 million) respectively.
Johor continued to lead in environmental protection expenditure with RM862.4 million or 27.7 percent contribution.
This was followed by Selangor with RM557.5 million (17.9 percent), Sarawak with RM239.4 million (7.7 percent). Kuala Lumpur with RM221.0 million (7.1 percent) and Terengganu with RM220.2 million (7.1 percent), These five states accounted for 67.4 percent of the total expenditure.
However, the survey results showed that operating expenditure remained dominant with a contribution of 77.5 percent or RM2.4 billion, a growth of 86 percent.
The remaining 22.9 percent of expenditure was allocated to capital expenditure amounting to RM713.4 million or RM2.3 trillion, a decrease of 6.3 percent.
