Municipal solid waste management : towards the realization of sustainable management in the context of Sri Lanka's Kandy municipal council

Over the past decade, generation of Municipal Solid Wastes (MSW) in Sri Lanka has increased due to rapid economic growth, industrial and urban development. Thus, the management of MSW in Sri Lanka can be considered relatively poor and inadequate. This study conducted, among residents and workpl...

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Main Authors: Bandusena, Kodagoda Withanage Harshani Chathurika, Mallak, Shadi Kafi, Abu Samah, Mohd Armi
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spelling iium-742082019-08-30T08:43:14Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/74208/ Municipal solid waste management : towards the realization of sustainable management in the context of Sri Lanka's Kandy municipal council Bandusena, Kodagoda Withanage Harshani Chathurika Mallak, Shadi Kafi Abu Samah, Mohd Armi GE Environmental Sciences Q Science (General) T Technology (General) Over the past decade, generation of Municipal Solid Wastes (MSW) in Sri Lanka has increased due to rapid economic growth, industrial and urban development. Thus, the management of MSW in Sri Lanka can be considered relatively poor and inadequate. This study conducted, among residents and workplaces in the Kandy municipal council area. It proposes to study the knowledge, perception, and concern of the respondents. The questionnaires were distributed among 340 respondents. The findings of this study show that only 56.5% of respondents’ have proper knowledge of solid waste management practices. Basically, in at the same time, the results had been showed lack of perception and concern as percentage 59.8% and 60% among considered respondents. The results revealed that there is a lack of knowledge, perception, and concern of respondents towards municipal solid waste management. The study further provides potentials of MSW management system for sustainable environmental development in KMC. Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering & Sciences Publication 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/74208/7/74208%20Municipal%20Solid%20Waste%20Management.pdf Bandusena, Kodagoda Withanage Harshani Chathurika and Mallak, Shadi Kafi and Abu Samah, Mohd Armi (2019) Municipal solid waste management : towards the realization of sustainable management in the context of Sri Lanka's Kandy municipal council. International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering, 8 (1C2). pp. 266-269. E-ISSN 2277-3878 https://www.ijrte.org/wp-content/uploads/papers/v8i1C2/A10450581C219.pdf
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Bandusena, Kodagoda Withanage Harshani Chathurika
Mallak, Shadi Kafi
Abu Samah, Mohd Armi
Municipal solid waste management : towards the realization of sustainable management in the context of Sri Lanka's Kandy municipal council
description Over the past decade, generation of Municipal Solid Wastes (MSW) in Sri Lanka has increased due to rapid economic growth, industrial and urban development. Thus, the management of MSW in Sri Lanka can be considered relatively poor and inadequate. This study conducted, among residents and workplaces in the Kandy municipal council area. It proposes to study the knowledge, perception, and concern of the respondents. The questionnaires were distributed among 340 respondents. The findings of this study show that only 56.5% of respondents’ have proper knowledge of solid waste management practices. Basically, in at the same time, the results had been showed lack of perception and concern as percentage 59.8% and 60% among considered respondents. The results revealed that there is a lack of knowledge, perception, and concern of respondents towards municipal solid waste management. The study further provides potentials of MSW management system for sustainable environmental development in KMC.
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author Bandusena, Kodagoda Withanage Harshani Chathurika
Mallak, Shadi Kafi
Abu Samah, Mohd Armi
author_facet Bandusena, Kodagoda Withanage Harshani Chathurika
Mallak, Shadi Kafi
Abu Samah, Mohd Armi
author_sort Bandusena, Kodagoda Withanage Harshani Chathurika
title Municipal solid waste management : towards the realization of sustainable management in the context of Sri Lanka's Kandy municipal council
title_short Municipal solid waste management : towards the realization of sustainable management in the context of Sri Lanka's Kandy municipal council
title_full Municipal solid waste management : towards the realization of sustainable management in the context of Sri Lanka's Kandy municipal council
title_fullStr Municipal solid waste management : towards the realization of sustainable management in the context of Sri Lanka's Kandy municipal council
title_full_unstemmed Municipal solid waste management : towards the realization of sustainable management in the context of Sri Lanka's Kandy municipal council
title_sort municipal solid waste management : towards the realization of sustainable management in the context of sri lanka's kandy municipal council
publisher Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering & Sciences Publication
publishDate 2019
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/74208/
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