Malaysia closes its doors to foreign to-be-recycled waste

Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 30 March 2016 at 03:25:52 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 15 April 2016 at 22:55:29 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Coastal, urban, port, infrastructures, resources, marine traffic, Malaysia, Malacca Strait
Fig. 1 - 15.04.2016 - vv,vh,vv colour composite - Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, is bordered by patches of rainforest & mangrove.
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Fig. 2 - 30.03.2016 - 12,11,2 colour composite - Bordering Malacca Strait, Port Keland is the maritime door to Kuala Lumpur.
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Port Keland has grown hundredfold since 1940, reaching World's top 20; it benefits from Kuala Lumpur growth & the saturation of Singapour port.
Fig. 3 - 11,8,2 composite - Jenjarom factories (lower right) had become an alternative after China stopped importing recyclable waste in 2018
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Fig. 4 - 4,3,2 natural colour - As Philippines, Malaysia decided to stop recycling foreign garbage & sent back several unemptied foreign ships.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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