Municipal Solid Waste Management In Malaysia

Clearly the municipal solid waste cannot be fully deposited by landfills.

Municipal solid waste management in malaysia. In general the per capita generation rate is about 0 5 0 8 kg person day in which domestic waste is the primary source. According to the reports the municipal solid waste is mainly made of contains organic materials plastic paper textile materials rubber metal and glass. Solid waste management is a challenge for the cities authorities in developing countries mainly due to the increasing generation of waste the burden posed on the municipal budget as a result of. Under the 8th and 9th malaysia plan the government is placing more emphasis on sustainable development and waste management as one of the main components which is being thoroughly studied and revised.

Municipal solid waste management in malaysia has experiencing a transition since 1960 until official solid waste management legislation is fully implemented in 2011. Effective municipal solid waste management system in malaysia. Currently generation of solid waste per capita in malaysia is about 1 1 kg day. However msw management in malaysia can be considered relatively poor and disorganised.

To implement solid waste management based on the waste management hierarchy that gives the priority to waste reduction through 3r intermediate treatment and final disposal. The amount of municipal solid waste msw commonly known as garbage. Over 26 500 t of solid waste is disposed almost solely through 166 operating landfills in the country every day. Current practices for malaysia municipal solid waste management in this section it will be focused into two aspects of current practices implemented in waste management system in malaysia in which it divides into waste management policies and its technologies used.

Despite the availability of other disposal methods landfill is the most widely accepted and prevalent method for municipal solid waste msw disposal in developing countries including malaysia. We looked into 5 stages of waste management generation collection recovery treatment transport disposal current landscape around 25 000 tonnesgenerated per day in peninsular malaysia 2012 projections high amount of food waste generated from municipal solid waste mechanism of separation at source between recyclables and non. This transition shows the malaysian government is committed to strive towards effective municipal solid waste management.