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Assessing Problems and Prospects of Solid Waste Management in Malaysia

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  • Jereme, Innocent A.
  • Begum, Rawshan Ara
  • Talib, Basri Abdul
  • Siwar, Chamhuri
  • Alam, Md. Mahmudul

    (Universiti Utara Malaysia)

Abstract

Malaysia has seen a high rate of economic growth in past couple of decades hand in hand with an ever increasing size of population. As a consequence, the issue of sustainable waste management has become an important priority for policymakers and other stakeholders of the society. Although there are potentials to recycle up to 80 per cent of the total dry wastes collected, currently most of them are deposited into various landfill sites. Waste treatment facilities are also insufficient in the country. The government has introduced SWM Act 2007 along with other initiatives to improve the waste management scenario, but more needs to be done to be able to recycle and treat a major portion of the wastes. Based on studies on the state of Selangor in Malaysia, this paper this paper attempts to analyse the waste management scenario of Malaysia and the problems and prospects of waste recycling there. The paper will help the policy makers, waste management strategists, local administrators and researchers in the field to formulate sustainable policies and identify further areas of study in the relevant field.

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  • Jereme, Innocent A. & Begum, Rawshan Ara & Talib, Basri Abdul & Siwar, Chamhuri & Alam, Md. Mahmudul, 2019. "Assessing Problems and Prospects of Solid Waste Management in Malaysia," SocArXiv 2csqj, Center for Open Science.
    • Handle: RePEc:osf:socarx:2csqj
    DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/2csqj
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