Composition and generation of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in Malaysia: Balakong City case study

Abu Samah, Mohd Armi and Victor, Dennis and Dawda, Badgie and Abd Manaf, Latifah and Syed Ismail, Sharifah Norkhadijah and Abd Hamid, Khairul Bariyah and Yunus, Kamaruzzaman and Kamarudin, Mohd Khairul Amri (2019) Composition and generation of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in Malaysia: Balakong City case study. Herald NAMSCA, 2019 (1). pp. 152-158. ISSN 2226–3209 E-ISSN 2409–0506

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Abstract

Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) management is one of the most challenging issues faced by most developing countries. Knowledge of solid waste generation and composition is necessary for accurate decision-making in terms of engineering design, planning and forecasting for the management strategy of urban waste. The objective of this study was to determine MSW generation and composition in an urban area of Balakong City, Selangor, Malaysia. The application of a linear model on solid waste forecasting was also performed in this study. A survey of household residents in eight housing areas in Balakong was carried out for one month from January to February 2011. Data were collected on a daily basis. In total, organic waste was the highest composition (5,344 kg, 68.6%) among the solid waste generated in all eight housing areas. Plastic and paper comprised of 10.4% (811 kg) and 9.5% (736 kg) of the solid waste generated. The least composition was glass (270 kg, 3.5%) and metals (204 kg, 2.5%). Other type of disposables comprised of 5.5% (419 kg) of the total solid waste generated. A linear model on solid waste forecasting has determined slightly higher prediction on solid waste generation with a statistically significant difference was obtained at p < 0.05.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	7301/74175
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Municipal solid waste, composition, generation, linear model, Balakong city.
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Science
Depositing User:	Dr Mohd Armi Abu Samah
Date Deposited:	30 Aug 2019 13:33
Last Modified:	30 Aug 2019 13:33
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/74175

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