Conceptual Model for Systematic Construction Waste Management

Abstract

Abstract. Development of the construction industry generated construction waste which can contribute towards environmental issues. Weaknesses of compliance in construction waste management especially in construction site have also contributed to the big issues of waste generated in landfills and illegal dumping area. This gives sign that construction projects are needed a systematic construction waste management. To date, a comprehensive criteria of construction waste management, particularly for construction project in developing countries such as Malaysia is still not systematically defined. Therefore, construction waste management needs further investigation. This paper aims to explain a concept model for systematic construction waste management in the Malaysian construction industry. The methodology of this paper is through literature and previous research focusing on current practices of construction waste management, the barriers of construction waste management implementation and the additional factor for implementing systematic construction waste management in order to develop a conceptual model. Findings from this study will help to find out the elements required to implement systematic construction waste management in Malaysian construction industry. This action seems significant to the participants in prioritizing construction waste management more systematically. The implementation also will increase the awareness and better understanding of the construction players of the importance of construction waste management in construction projects.

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“…From the discussion above, increasing demand in new development and refurbishment construction project are significant to increasing of generation construction waste [6]. The development of infrastructure especially in a construction project has contributed to the environmental issues especially in the production of construction waste [6,7]. Additionally, by increasing number of demand in infrastructure, it was directly increasing the development of construction in Malaysia.…”

“…Due to the factors of construction waste generation has been contributed to illegal dumping activities [1][2][3][4][6][7][8]. Figure 1 shows the factors generation of construction waste from Solid Waste Corporation Malaysia (SWCorp Malaysia) perspective.…”

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“…The ideal technique for measuring sustainability would display a tripod paradigm of pollution prevention, social equity, and economic benefit, which determines actual sustainability, and what the indicators measure must be linked through the metrics. A good indicator will track how a system becomes more or less sustainable over some time (Mayer et al, 2004;Sahely et al, 2005). The work of measuring sustainability is value-laden and socially charged, which makes studying sustainability as an objective science very difficult.…”

Landfill Identification Through High-Resolution Satellite Images and Verification Using Drone Full Motion Video (FMV)

“…Solid waste consists of waste generated from household, commercial and institutional (CI) and industrial (Jereme et. al., 2015;KPKT, 2015;Rahim et al, 2017).…”