SHAH ALAM: An illegal plastic waste recycling factory in Banting was fined RM120,000 after being found guilty on eight charges by the Sepang Sessions Court near here today.

Selangor Department of Environment (DOE) director, Nor Aziah Jaafar said the sentence was meted out by Judge Tuan Tengku Shahnizam Tuan Lah on the company and its directors after finding them guilty for carrying out plastic waste recycling without an approved Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Report and without submitting a Written Notice to the director-general on the source of industrial effluent discharge and air pollution as well as failing to install an air pollution control system at its premises.