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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| author | Bandusena, Kodagoda Withanage Harshani Chathurika Mallak, Shadi Kafi Abu Samah, Mohd Armi |
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| 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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| 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 |
| spellingShingle | GE Environmental Sciences Q Science (General) T Technology (General) 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 |
| title | 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_short | 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 |
| topic | GE Environmental Sciences Q Science (General) T Technology (General) |
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