Economic and environmental benefits of landfill gas from municipal solid waste in Malaysia

Johari, Anwar; Ahmed, Saeed Isa; Hashim, Haslenda; Alkali, Habib; Mat, Ramli

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2012.02.005

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“…Overall estimates on the generation of MSW landfill gas in Malaysia have been recently reported [29,30] by using on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) methodology [31]. The results of these estimates are presented in Figs.…”

Section: Msw Landfill Gas Capture and Energy Generation In Malaysiamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…4 and 5. The relatively high methane generations from landfills in Selangor (60,370 tonnes) and Kuala Lumpur (45,500) in year 2010 [29] are not surprising given the very high household food and commercial products consumption in these two highly urbanized states. An interesting fact is that the equivalent electricity generation in 2010 alone is ca 2.20  10 9 kWh which is estimated to be about 1.5% of the total Malaysia energy requirement [30,32].…”

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Incineration of municipal solid waste in Malaysia: Salient issues, policies and waste-to-energy initiatives

Kadir

Yin

Sulaiman

et al. 2013

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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Malaysia is gradually experiencing scarcity of available land for development. As such, the local government is currently looking into the possibility of employing high-end and largescale incineration processes to address this issue. MSW as a combustion source for thermochemical conversion application, represents a two-pronged approach in solving its disposal dilemma as well as providing a source of energy fuel. This paper highlights the current issues and future directions as well as energy recovery initiatives associated with incineration of MSW in Malaysia. In Malaysia, energy recovery initiatives are focused on application of waste-to-energy (WTE) as well as refuse-derived fuel (RDF) technologies.Aspects regarding MSW landfill gas capture and energy generation are also discussed since they may directly influence (or potentially compete against) the widespread adoption of RDF technologies. A relatively successful RDF pilot plant in Malaysia is highlighted as a case study. It is deemed that application of large-scale incineration technologies in Malaysia is inevitable as opening of new landfill areas will ultimately cease in the future.

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Section: Msw Landfill Gas Capture and Energy Generation In Malaysiamentioning

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Incineration of municipal solid waste in Malaysia: Salient issues, policies and waste-to-energy initiatives

Kadir

Yin

Sulaiman

et al. 2013

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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“…Although composting has its own benefits, however, the production of practical common organic compost required a lot of time. In Malaysia, common issue such as scarcity of information where out-dated data were used by most researchers and government officials for the estimation of future trends in regard to the solid waste compositions [12]. However, the optimization of formula in composting process was convenient in order to perform efficient process as well as high quality of composting other than encountering the slow composting process.…”

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Chns analysis towards food waste in composting

Firdaus¹,

Samah²,

Hamid³

2018

J. CleanWAS

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High food waste generation in Malaysia that reached up to 15, 000 tonnes per day assign for major problems towards environment, economy and social aspect. Alternative method had been studied for the past years, but composting was seen among the best possible solution to treat this matter. Composting not only has an environmentally method but it also produces a valuable end product that will benefit in agricultural sector. Further studies had been done in this paper to represent their macro and micro nutrient quality as well as their bioavailability towards plant and the analysis of data collected in both CHNS analyser and mathematical method using ultimate analysis. This study also applied enhanced composting process with its segregation, drying, grinding and standard aeration time. Each container has been rotated for 5 minutes yet different resting time was applied which are 25, 55, 155 minutes namely A, B, C and D within 2 hours period. Result shown that overall Carbon (C), Nitrogen (N) and Sulphur (S) concentration increases as the higher aeration was applied while the Hydrogen vice versa. The highest elemental percentage distribution recorded is carbon (31%) while the lowest recorded is S (0.115%). The data collected from Ultimate Analysis was seen not applicable to be use as it has the same content as food waste after composting. The compound molecular formula recorded was C29H7N5S. Regarding ratio of carbon to nitrogen results, it was found that it ranged from 5.39 to 5.71% for different compost treatment under study, where the lowest value of C and N ratio (5.39%) for sample C and the highest value (5.71%) was obtained for sample B with all has the same C/N ratio which is 6: 1 which suitable range in application of soil amendment. Therefore, this study found a significant relationship between chemical factors and compost formation which contribute to better analysis, especially to food waste management.

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“…This enormous burden of waste if not suitably organized and disposed will surely pose an unfavorable and detrimental impacts on the different components of ecosystem and environment [5]. Acute issues related to the management of MSW have been found in various cities of Malaysia [6], Bangladesh [7], India [8], Thailand [9] and China [10] as a result of fast development in trend of migration to cities, population and industrial sectors.…”

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Alternative approaches for solid waste management a case study in faisalabad pakistan

Yasin¹,

Usman²,

Rashid³

et al. 2017

Earth sci. Pak.

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Management of solid waste is one of the current issues especially in cities due to increasing population and modern lifestyle. Faisalabad produces almost 1300-1600 tons of solid waste per day which is going to be increase with the passage of time. 56% of generated waste is collected only and 43% is disposed in open dumping site without any precautionary measures and treatment. It results in many kinds of environmental deterioration and become a source of communicable diseases. This study was conducted to estimate the potential present in solid waste of Faisalabad. Recycling, composting and incineration are alternative approaches to solid waste management. By managing the solid waste, it reduces the pollution problems with the outcomes of valuable fertilizer and energy. Composition of Faisalabad waste depicts valuable quantity of energy in it.

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Economic and environmental benefits of landfill gas from municipal solid waste in Malaysia

Cited by 242 publications

References 8 publications

Incineration of municipal solid waste in Malaysia: Salient issues, policies and waste-to-energy initiatives

Incineration of municipal solid waste in Malaysia: Salient issues, policies and waste-to-energy initiatives

Chns analysis towards food waste in composting

Alternative approaches for solid waste management a case study in faisalabad pakistan

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