Environment news in Damansara Performing Arts Centre Dpac Selangor

1. Universiti Malaya researchers turn prawn shells into biodegradable plastic film

   6 hours ago BusinessToday Malaysia Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 6.7 km

   Researchers at Universiti Malaya's Faculty of Engineering have converted discarded prawn shells into chitosan, a natural biopolymer, and used it with starch to produce biodegradable plastic films. In soil burial tests, the films began visibly degrading after three weeks and had substantially broken down by the fourth. The work links two Malaysian waste problems - food waste and plastic waste - but the material is still far from commercial use.

2. Malaysia strengthens eco-friendly drainage management at SWaM 2026 conference

   1 week ago Harian Metro Sunway Putra Hotel, Kuala Lumpur 8.9 km

   The National Conference on Stormwater Management 2026 (SWaM 2026) is being held over four days at the Sunway Putra Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, focusing on building safer, more resilient cities against climate change. Deputy Minister of Energy Transition and Water Transformation, Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Mohamad, stressed the importance of consistently implementing existing frameworks like the Urban Stormwater Management Manual (MSMA).