A review of municipal solid waste management in Malaysia

The tremendous increased of municipal solid waste (MSW) generation in most major cities in Malaysia is observed as a main issue recently. This paper reviews the MSW management comprises many issues arises from the past two decades till the present scenario. It briefly discussed the latest definitio...

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Main Authors:	Tarmudi, Zamali, Abdullah, Mohd Lazim, Md. Tap, Abu Osman
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 2012
Subjects:	TK7800 Electronics. Computer engineering. Computer hardware. Photoelectronic devices
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/22965/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/22965/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/22965/1/A_review_of_municipal_solid_waste_management_in_Malaysia.pdf

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spelling	iium-229652013-06-12T08:35:12Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/22965/ A review of municipal solid waste management in Malaysia Tarmudi, Zamali Abdullah, Mohd Lazim Md. Tap, Abu Osman TK7800 Electronics. Computer engineering. Computer hardware. Photoelectronic devices The tremendous increased of municipal solid waste (MSW) generation in most major cities in Malaysia is observed as a main issue recently. This paper reviews the MSW management comprises many issues arises from the past two decades till the present scenario. It briefly discussed the latest definition of the solid waste based on the Solid Waste and Public Cleaning Management Act (Bill 2007). Out of many MSW discussions, this paper also covers the recent status of the MSW generation, the regulations, the trends of MSW generation as well as local research effort which could a wide interest to the researchers and practitioners. It is hoped that this work will provide a ready reference as additional databases on MSW management situation in Malaysia. Thus an appropriate action can be taken by the relevant authority for their future planning and decision-making purposes. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/22965/1/A_review_of_municipal_solid_waste_management_in_Malaysia.pdf Tarmudi, Zamali and Abdullah, Mohd Lazim and Md. Tap, Abu Osman (2012) A review of municipal solid waste management in Malaysia. Jurnal Teknologi, 57. pp. 41-56. ISSN 2180–3722 (O), 0127–9696 (P) http://www.penerbit.utm.my/cgi-bin/jurnal/artikel.cgi?id=57sirik04
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spellingShingle	TK7800 Electronics. Computer engineering. Computer hardware. Photoelectronic devices Tarmudi, Zamali Abdullah, Mohd Lazim Md. Tap, Abu Osman A review of municipal solid waste management in Malaysia
description	The tremendous increased of municipal solid waste (MSW) generation in most major cities in Malaysia is observed as a main issue recently. This paper reviews the MSW management comprises many issues arises from the past two decades till the present scenario. It briefly discussed the latest definition of the solid waste based on the Solid Waste and Public Cleaning Management Act (Bill 2007). Out of many MSW discussions, this paper also covers the recent status of the MSW generation, the regulations, the trends of MSW generation as well as local research effort which could a wide interest to the researchers and practitioners. It is hoped that this work will provide a ready reference as additional databases on MSW management situation in Malaysia. Thus an appropriate action can be taken by the relevant authority for their future planning and decision-making purposes.
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author	Tarmudi, Zamali Abdullah, Mohd Lazim Md. Tap, Abu Osman
author_facet	Tarmudi, Zamali Abdullah, Mohd Lazim Md. Tap, Abu Osman
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title	A review of municipal solid waste management in Malaysia
title_short	A review of municipal solid waste management in Malaysia
title_full	A review of municipal solid waste management in Malaysia
title_fullStr	A review of municipal solid waste management in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	A review of municipal solid waste management in Malaysia
title_sort	review of municipal solid waste management in malaysia
publisher	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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A review of municipal solid waste management in Malaysia

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