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".