As the authorities began to explain their case to the people, the affected residents in Broga countered with their assessment of the incinerator project and reasoned why they opposed it.

Two weeks ago, a Housing and Local Government Ministry official briefed the public in Semenyih o­n why incineration is necessary to handle the 17,000* [correction] tonnes of municipal solid waste produced daily by Kuala Lumpur and Selangor.