The Environmental Quality (Amendment) 2022 Bill, aimed at increasing the penalty to not more than RM10 million for offences such as placing or disposing of scheduled waste other than at the prescribed premises, was tabled for the first reading in the Dewan Rakyat today.

Based on the bill to amend the Environmental Quality Act 1974, any individual found guilty of committing the offence could be jailed not exceeding five years and fined not less than RM100,000.

The act defines disposal of waste as that of scheduled...