Kepentingan pertumbuhan premis kitar semula dalam pengurusan sisa di Malaysia
The rapid development of the Metropolitan City Region-Langat Klang Valley on the city edges give a lot of changes on the growth of settlements, socio-economic, transport and communication, and quality of physical environment. The changes occur not only have an impact on the population growth, use...
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Journal of Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2008
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1576/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1576/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1576/1/zaini08.pdf |
| Summary: | The rapid development of the Metropolitan City Region-Langat Klang Valley on the city edges give a
lot of changes on the growth of settlements, socio-economic, transport and communication, and
quality of physical environment. The changes occur not only have an impact on the population
growth, use of space, social issues, the transfer of government departments, institutions, and
upgrading of the economy, but the impact on the environment itself. In other words, the spill-over of
the development has positive and negative impacts on changes in physical, social, economic and
surrounding areas. This article will discuss the impact of changes in the development of the
Metropolitan Region Town on the environmental changes, particularly increasing the growth of
recycling premises in the vicinity of Kuala Langat District Council. The change has to be seen in
terms of the number of premises used in recycling, types of materials purchased for recycling and
participation in recycling operations. The study was conducted during the months from October to
December 2007. The analysis is based on the amount of recycling premises registered under the
district council. A checklist was used to identify the types of materials collected, recycling activities,
and the factory product. The findings showed that the growth of recycling premises serve as a
phenomenon that directly help to reduce the quantity of solid waste to landfills and economic
generator for local residents and the premises of a recycling |
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