Municipal Solid Waste Management in Malaysia: An Insight Towards Sustainability

Abas, Muhamad Azahar; Wee, Seow Ta

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2714755

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“…While the potential environmental harm of garbage is less than that of wastewater and gas, harm may nonetheless be long-lasting on both human health and the environment [3]. The rapid growth of municipal solid waste not only increases the pressure on the prevention and control of pollution, but also incurs public costs and environmental management [4]. Landfill and incineration currently make up 98% of China's municipal solid waste treatment [5].…”

Section: Cities Besieged By Waste and Its Solutionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Bonus Point System for Refuse Classification and Sustainable Development: A Study in China

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Abstract:The rapid growth of household waste not only endangers the environment and people's health, but also limits social and economic development. The effective sorting and recycling of garbage can control this problem. Adopting a semi-quantitative case study method, our researchers investigated the effect of a bonus point system for refuse classification that improves the accuracy of refuse classification and the residents' environment awareness. In the system, residents will receive some gifts after sorting the garbage correctly. We also investigated the attitudes of residents and companies towards this novel system. Our researchers employed various methods to analyze garbage-sorting data, questionnaires completed by residents, and interview records. The results show that use of a bonus point system affects the management of domestic waste by improving the accuracy and enhancing the awareness of garbage sorting. Overall, residents support the system and benefit from it, which increases participation and consciousness of environmental protection. However, continuous publicity and coordination of various policies are required to promote the wide-range implementation and sustainable development of this system.

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Section: Cities Besieged By Waste and Its Solutionmentioning

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“…Landfill and incineration currently make up 98% of China's municipal solid waste treatment [5]. The use of landfills results in the release of large amounts of CH 4 and N 2 O [6], and smoke, fly ash, and slag [7].…”

Section: Cities Besieged By Waste and Its Solutionmentioning

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Bonus Point System for Refuse Classification and Sustainable Development: A Study in China

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“…Meanwhile, based on previous study [2] the average solid waste generated per person per day in Malaysia is ranging from 0.5 kg to 0.8 kg in rural area whiles at the urban area, the average of solid waste generated per person per day at urban area is 1.9 kg. Hence the waste generation rates are increasing each year especially in the urban area.…”

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“…This also may include waste from residential, commercial, industries and institutional. Statistics had showed that nearly 50% of the waste generated in Malaysia is household waste [2].…”

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Solid Waste Composition and Quantification at Taman Melewar, Parit Raja, Batu Pahat

Abidin

2016

IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng.

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Abstract. The poor management of solid waste is noticeable through the increasing of the solid waste each year and the difficulties in disposing the waste in the current available landfill. This study was undertaken to analyze the quantity and composition of waste generation in Taman melewar. Taman Melewar is a student residential area and this study is focusing on student's daily waste composition. The objective of this study was to identify the amount of solid waste generation, analyze and classify the composition of solid waste in Taman Melewar. The waste collection was conducted for 50 houses on a daily basis for two weeks. The average household waste generation rate was 0.082 kg/person/day. Organic waste was the major constituent of waste production. The average of organic waste represents about 72.4% followed by paper (9%), plastics film (5.5%), plastics rigid (4.7%), napkins (3.8%), tetrapek (1.3%), glass (1.1%), household hazardous waste (0.85%), textiles (0.52%), metal (0.51%) and rubber (0.34%). The moisture content was ranging from 27.67% to 28.68%. An evaluation was made based on student's behavior towards waste production and recycling. In conclusion, the results revealed that organic waste is the highest waste generated and recycling habits is also poor in Taman Melewar.

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“…An effective solid waste management practices need to be updated to suit the current waste quantity and composition. Municipal waste management in Malaysia has gone through several transitions [4]. This proved that, Malaysia is striving in improving the solid waste management practices towards sustainability.…”

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Smart Waste Bin with Real-Time Monitoring System

Yusof¹,

Zulkifli²,

Yusof³

et al. 2018

IJET

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This paper presents IoT innovation project of a smart waste bin with real time monitoring system which integrates multiple technologies such as solar system, sensors and wireless communication technologies. The aim of this project is to provide an efficient and cost-effective waste collection management system hence providing clean, healthy and green environment. This study proposed a new framework that enables remote monitoring of solid waste bin in real-time via Wi-Fi connection, to assist the waste management activity. The system framework is based on wireless sensor network [WSN] contains three segments: renewable energy source, WSN and control station. Within this framework there are four developed subsystems: solar power system, smart waste bin, short messaging service [SMS] notification system and real-time monitoring system that are interrelated to each other to perform as an efficient, cost-effective waste management system that yield to a green and healthy living environment.

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Municipal Solid Waste Management in Malaysia: An Insight Towards Sustainability

Cited by 31 publications

References 8 publications

Bonus Point System for Refuse Classification and Sustainable Development: A Study in China

Bonus Point System for Refuse Classification and Sustainable Development: A Study in China

Solid Waste Composition and Quantification at Taman Melewar, Parit Raja, Batu Pahat

Smart Waste Bin with Real-Time Monitoring System

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