KL airport dumps food daily

KL airport dumps food daily

KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Export consignments of vegetables, fish and even tortoises are being thrown into a garbage dump because the city's new airport is overwhelmed by cargo, a newspaper reported yesterday.

Trucks loaded with food items, rotting after several days of delay at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, drive to a garbage dump from the cargo terminal each day, Sun daily said.

The newspaper published a picture of dead fish and tortoises at the dump, which is near the airport's cargo area.

On Saturday, Transport Minister Ling Liong Sik said the Malaysia Airlines cargo center would temporarily stop accepting perishable goods until the cargo could be handled faster. The newspaper did not give any estimate of the amount of goods that perished each day, but said four trucks that could each carry up to 13 tons of waste "have been making five to six trips daily".