About Besturn Environmental Management
Our Vision
Our Community
Our Mission
To become Malaysia’s leading provider of environmental education
and recycling management solutions, driving a zero-waste goal by
changing recycling habits through education.
Our Mission
Our Community
Our Mission
To provide innovative, practical environmental education and
recycling services, helping schools, businesses, and community's achieve
sustainable development goals.
Our Community
Our Community
Our Community
We are proud to serve our local community and promote sustainability through education and outreach. We believe that by working together, we can make a positive impact on the environment.
Besturn Environmental Management
Driving a Zero-Waste Future
Besturn Environmental Management is committed to becoming Malaysia's leading provider of environmental education and recycling management solutions. Our mission is to empower schools, businesses, and community's to achieve sustainable development goals through innovative, practical educational programs and comprehensive recycling services.
Education Sessions
Welcome to Besturn Environmental Management
Our education sessions are set up to empower people to make the right decisions when it comes to waste. While they are customizable to different needs and objectives, our education sessions cover the concepts below:
- The importance of recycling
- How to effectively recycle
- Any findings from audits
- What happens to recycling and waste at the end of life
- Contamination and different recycling streams
- Recycling facts that motivate change
- Answer recycling questions from the audience
Other educative tools are also available and can be used in conjunction with education sessions.
To discuss your waste minimization strategy and how we can help, enquire today!
Capturing the Beauty of Recycling
Welcome to Besturn Environmental Management
Our Mission
To provide innovative, practical environmental education and
recycling services, helping schools, businesses, and community achieve
sustainable development goals.
Accepted Materials
We accept a wide range of materials including paper, cardboard, plastics, and aluminum. Please visit our website for a complete list of materials we accept.
Recycling Education
To provide high-level recycling knowledge and skills, covering topics from zero-waste management to professional e-waste handling, enabling schools and companies to independently establish recycling systems.
Community Outreach
At Besturn Environmental Management, we are committed to educating the community about the importance of recycling. We offer educational programs and workshops for schools and community organizations.
Our Process
Once we receive the materials, we sort and process them to ensure that they are ready for reuse. We work with local businesses and organizations to find new homes for the recycled materials.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or would like to learn more about our services, please do not hesitate to contact us. Our friendly staff is always happy to assist you.
Plastic Recycling
Numerical Code - 1
Plastic Composition - Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET)
Properties - Clear and optically smooth, resists water, oxygen and CO2, resists high impacts, resists most solvents, can be filled with hot liquids.
Typical Applications - Soft Drinks Bottles, Sports Bottles, Condiment/Food Jars, Food Trays.
Products Made with Recycled Content- New Containers, Strapping, Carpet Fibres, Cushion/Jacket Filling.
Numerical Code - 2
Plastic Composition - High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE)
Properties - Resists most solvents, high strength characteristics, stiff material.
Typical Applications - Water Bottles, Milk Bottles, Cleaning Products, Personal Cosmetics.
Products Made with Recycled Content - New Containers, Piping, Edging, Bins.
Numerical Code - 3
Plastic Composition - Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVC)
Properties - High impact and strength, resists grease and chemicals.
Typical Applications - Packaging/Wraps, Plumbing Pipes, Flexible Packaging/Bags.
Products Made with Recycled Content - New Piping, Carpet Backing, Packaging, Traffic Cones.
Numerical Code - 4
Plastic Composition - Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE)
Properties - Resists acids and oils, tough, flexible and transparency is good.
Typical Applications - Film and Stretch Wrap.
Products Made with Recycled Content- Rubbish Bin Liners, Floor Tiles, Compost Bins, Outdoor Furniture.
Numerical Code - 5
Plastic Composition - Polypropylene (PP)
Properties - Great optical clarity, low moisture vapor penetration, inert towards acids, alkalis and most solvents.
Typical Applications - Hard Containers, Medicine Bottles, Takeaway Containers, Bottle Caps, Refrigerated Food Containers.
Products Made with Recycled Content - Automotive Products, Household Tools/Utensils, Outdoor Tools, Trays.
Numerical Code - 6 PS
Plastic Composition - Polystyrene (PS)
Properties - Great short shelf life moisture barrier, high optical clarity, good rigid structure, light yet stiff, low thermal conductivity.
Typical Applications - Plastic Plates/Cutlery, Food Containers, CD Cases, Small Hard-wearing Bottles, Cable Spools, Toys.
Products Made with Recycled Content - Light Switches, Plastic Mouldings, Packaging, Desk Trays.
Numerical Code - 6 EPS
Plastic Composition - Expanded Polystyrene (EPS)
Properties - Great short shelf life moisture barrier, low thermal conductivity, can absorb knocks.
Typical Applications - Styrofoam Cups, Food Trays, Protective Foam Packaging.
Products Made with Recycled Content - Light Switches, Plastic Mouldings, Packaging, Desk Trays.
Numerical Code - 7 Composite
Plastic Composition - Composite (other)
Properties - Dependent on resins and combination of resins.
Typical Applications - Milk/Fruit Juice Cartons, Oven Bags.
Products Made with Recycled Content - Low Grade Bottles and Outdoor Goods.
Paper Recycling
WHITE PAPER
Consists of hard (not coated) and soft (coated) wood free white paper trims from printers (can include Candida envelopes, Spicers trim and rejects). All white paper is pre-consumer and is sourced from printers. This becomes similar clean white paper, mixed becomes card, newspapers and magazines etc.
OFFICE PAPER
Higher quality mixed paper, 60% white or lightly tinted, 20% newspapers/magazines, 20% others such as envelopes and pads etc. All office waste is post-consumer waste and comes from many office-type environments. When recycled all white paper becomes similar clean white paper, mixed becomes card, newspapers and magazines etc.
MIXED PAPER
All non sorted paper, or parts-of, that have been mixed together. Most mixed paper is post-consumer waste and typically comes from schools, printers and newsagents.
Products types remanufactured include card, newspapers and magazines etc.
SHREDDED LEDGER PAPER
Derived from document destruction. Usually sorted to exclude cardboard, magazines, newspaper & other ground-wood paper. All ledger security paper is post-consumer waste and is sourced from offices dealing with confidential information and where document destruction is needed (such as lawyers, hospitals, corporate offices and banks). This usually becomes card, newspapers and magazines etc.
OVER ISSUE MAGAZINE/NEWSPAPER
Coated ground wood newspaper and magazine sections from web presses. All over issue paper is pre-consumer and usually directly sourced from printers. It is often mixed with fly-leaf shavings as this is waste from the same print process. This usually becomes magazines and books.
UNPRINTED NEWS
Clean unprinted newspaper or coated mechanical paper. All unprinted newspaper is pre-consumer waste. There are 2 types: Newsprint or Coated Mechanical and both typically sourced from printers. This usually becomes magazines and books.
FLYLEAF SHAVINGS
Magazine off-cuts and trimmings from web presses. All leaf shavings paper is pre-consumer and is usually directly sourced from printers. It is often mixed with over issue paper as this is waste from same print process. Usually this resource becomes magazines and books.
MAGAZINE
Magazine paper from web presses. All magazines sections paper is pre-consumer and is usually directly sourced from printers. It is often mixed with flyleaf shavings as this is waste from the same print process. Usually this resource becomes magazines and books.
SUPER MIX
Consists of high-gloss magazines and posters. Super mix paper is pre-consumer and is sourced from printers. Usually this resource becomes coated book-stock and wood-free paper.
POLYCUP STOCK
Polyethylene coated paper cups (hold hot and cold drinks).
All polycup stock paper is pre-consumer and is sourced from manufacturers. The high quality bleached Kraft paper is stripped away from the polyethylene coating (waste) and then used as white Kraft paper.
ENVELOPE TRIM
Consists of envelope off-cuts. All envelope trim is pre-consumer and is sourced from envelope manufacturers. This is a special grade of paper as glue and plastic windows have to be removed, usually becomes cardboard or newspapers.
Steel Cans
Steel Cans
This is what typically happens to steel cans collected for recycling in MY.
Steel is the world’s most recycled material. Steel packaging is used for drink cans, food and petfood cans, paint cans, aerosols and containers of many other household and industrial products.
By recycling your steel you will reduce your cost of waste to landfill a
This is what typically happens to steel cans collected for recycling in MY.
Steel is the world’s most recycled material. Steel packaging is used for drink cans, food and petfood cans, paint cans, aerosols and containers of many other household and industrial products.
By recycling your steel you will reduce your cost of waste to landfill and ensure that an important resource is not wasted.
Breakdown of recyclables we can claim from steel can waste.
Waste resources: steel, various cans.
Pre or post consumer waste: All steel is post-consumer.
Waste supplier profile: Sourced from wide range of cafes, restaurants, shopping centers, public services and social venues.
Products types remanufactured: Turned into new cans and various other steel products.
Steel cans are the easiest type of packaging to recycle as they can be
picked out of the garbage and recycling waste by magnetic separation.
Each steel can is 100% recyclable. It can be recycled over and over again into new products like, bikes and of course new steel cans.
Steel cans, often called tin cans, have only a very thin layer of tin - 15 millionths of an inch thick to prevent corrosion – thinner than the skin of a soap bubble.
E-Waste Recycling
E-Waste Recycling
'E-waste' refers to any electronic device that is no longer being used or has reached the end of its life cycle. This includes anything with plugs, cords, and electronic components (e.g. phones, computers, TVs, power tools, and appliances).
The amount of e-waste Malaysia generates is growing at an astonishing rate, due in part to the introduction of new technologies and 'planned obsolescence' (when products are intentionally produced or designed to be discarded and replaced after a short period of time).
This is problematic as many e-waste items contain toxic heavy metals like cadmium, lead and mercury. The plastic casing and wiring of computer equipment can also contain hazardous materials, such as brominated flame retardants (a neuro-toxin). If this waste is sent to a landfill, there is a risk that these hazardous substances will produce leachates that pollute our environment.
Leachates are produced when percolating water and other liquids pick up heavy metals and decomposing organic waste. Uncollected leachate can contaminate groundwater and soil. Hazardous wastes can persist in the environment and enter the food chain, harming future generations.
Disposal of e-waste in general waste or recycling bins is also a fire hazard. When items containing batteries are compacted in the back of a rubbish or recycling truck, the battery casing breaks and leaks its highly flammable contents through the load.
How should we dispose of our e-waste?
There are a number of organizations across Klang Valley who can refurbish e-waste to extend their lifespan, or alternatively separate out the recyclable components so that they can be recycled into a wide range of products (typically overseas). Many items are free to recycle, while larger items tend to have a small fee. The residual waste (i.e. the parts that are not able to be recycled) is then sent to a landfill.
- Laptops (under 10 years old, with a charger) and tablets (under 6 years old, preferably with a charger) can be donated to Besturn Environmental Management(BEM). BEM teaches students how to refurbish these devices, which then get donated to students and young people who need them.
- A range of batteries can be dropped off at most Bunnings stores.
- Car batteries can be dropped off for recycling at any Auto store.
- More than 300 different electrical items (including batteries) are accepted.
- Fluorescent (mercury) lamps can be recycled through Interwaste.
- Computer Recycling, E-cycle and Abilities Recycling accept various electronics, including appliances, printers, whiteware, cables and wiring, batteries and more.