{"id":35098,"date":"2026-06-23T16:15:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T08:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=35098"},"modified":"2026-07-15T16:16:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T08:16:33","slug":"sebastian-ting-questions-rationale-behind-halal-and-non-halal-waste-segregation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=35098","title":{"rendered":"Sebastian Ting questions rationale behind halal and non halal waste segregation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sarawak United Peoples’ Party (SUPP) secretary general Datuk Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew has expressed shock and confusion over a provision in Selangor’s planning guidelines that classifies organic waste into “halal organic waste” and “non halal organic waste”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ting questioned what practical benefits such a measure would bring to the country and its people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the original purpose of waste segregation is to improve environmental efficiency, increase recycling rates and enhance waste management systems. However, he argued that introducing halal and non halal classifications appears to have deviated from the fundamental objectives of waste management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although Selangor State Assembly Speaker Ng Suee Lim later clarified that the policy only applies to shopping malls and does not affect public waste bins, Ting said the issue has nevertheless raised serious concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Rubbish is rubbish. Waste management should be based on environmental protection, science and public interest, not on endlessly creating new and confusing categories,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ting pointed out that even countries with large Muslim populations and strong halal industries, such as Indonesia, Brunei, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, do not officially separate public waste into halal and non halal categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said no major Islamic country has implemented such a system and questioned whether Malaysia should carefully assess the actual value of the measure if other leading Islamic nations do not consider it necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ting stressed that he fully respects Islam and the halal system, particularly in food certification, product quality assurance and supply chain management. However, he said waste management falls under public administration and should be guided by environmental and scientific principles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He questioned whether the policy would increase recycling rates, reduce waste volumes, lower disposal costs or improve pollution control.
“If the answer is no, then are we solving problems or creating new ones?” he asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ting added that Malaysia should focus on addressing pressing issues such as illegal dumping, plastic and river pollution, and low recycling rates instead of introducing additional administrative procedures that could lead to unnecessary controversy and policy formalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also emphasised that Sarawak has always upheld principles of diversity, inclusiveness and pragmatism, with public policies guided by the interests of the people and overall societal benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Sarawak should never allow such practices to become part of our administrative system,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ting urged policymakers to exercise restraint and avoid taking matters to the extreme by classifying waste according to religion or labels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He reiterated that the public is more concerned about the cost of living, infrastructure, education, healthcare and environmental quality than whether waste is considered halal or non halal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sarawak United Peoples’ Party (SUPP) secretary general Datuk Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew has expressed shock and confusion over a provision in Selangor’s planning guidelines that classifies organic waste into “halal organic waste” and “non halal organic waste”. Ting questioned what practical benefits such a measure would bring to the country and its people. He said the original purpose of waste segregation is to improve environmental efficiency, increase recycling rates and enhance waste management systems. However, he argued that introducing halal and non halal classifications appears to have deviated from theRead More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35099,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,1,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35098"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35098"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35101,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35098\/revisions\/35101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}