Handling E-Waste in Malaysia: Management,Policies and Strategies
One of the concerns of life is the generation of waste. In today’s modern life, the generation of the new type of waste is the waste of electrical and electronic equipment’s or e-waste becoming a crucial problems to solve. E-waste containing both dangerous and valuable materials requiring a specia...
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| author | Nurul Aini, Osman Norazli, O. Roslina, M. Shreeshivadasan, C. |
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| description | One of the concerns of life is the generation of waste. In today’s modern life, the generation of the new type of waste is the waste of electrical
and electronic equipment’s or e-waste becoming a crucial problems to solve. E-waste containing both dangerous and valuable materials
requiring a special treatment and recycling practices to avoid adverse environmental impacts and harmful impact on human health. Domestic ewaste
generation in Malaysia has already climbed dramatically and forecasted to reach over a million tons in 2020. This increasing trend
amount of e-waste is due to the high demand on the production of electric and electrical equipment from the Malaysia’s consumers. Various
steps been taken by government in order to tackle the ever growing threat of e-waste. This paper presents global and Malaysia e-waste scenario,
initiatives and practices in handling an e-waste. Consequently, this paper suggest that e-waste policy development is crucial in Malaysia and
requires more customized approach and a strategies environment assessment as part of national policy planning. |
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| spelling | intimal-6782017-01-25T05:40:36Z http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/678/ Handling E-Waste in Malaysia: Management,Policies and Strategies Nurul Aini, Osman Norazli, O. Roslina, M. Shreeshivadasan, C. TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering One of the concerns of life is the generation of waste. In today’s modern life, the generation of the new type of waste is the waste of electrical and electronic equipment’s or e-waste becoming a crucial problems to solve. E-waste containing both dangerous and valuable materials requiring a special treatment and recycling practices to avoid adverse environmental impacts and harmful impact on human health. Domestic ewaste generation in Malaysia has already climbed dramatically and forecasted to reach over a million tons in 2020. This increasing trend amount of e-waste is due to the high demand on the production of electric and electrical equipment from the Malaysia’s consumers. Various steps been taken by government in order to tackle the ever growing threat of e-waste. This paper presents global and Malaysia e-waste scenario, initiatives and practices in handling an e-waste. Consequently, this paper suggest that e-waste policy development is crucial in Malaysia and requires more customized approach and a strategies environment assessment as part of national policy planning. 2016 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/678/1/Handling%20EWaste%20in%20Malaysia%20Management%2CPolicies%20and%20Strategies.pdf Nurul Aini, Osman and Norazli, O. and Roslina, M. and Shreeshivadasan, C. (2016) Handling E-Waste in Malaysia: Management,Policies and Strategies. In: 11th International conference on waste management & technology, 21-24 October 2016, Xijiao Hotel Beijing, China. |
| spellingShingle | TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering Nurul Aini, Osman Norazli, O. Roslina, M. Shreeshivadasan, C. Handling E-Waste in Malaysia: Management,Policies and Strategies |
| title | Handling E-Waste in Malaysia: Management,Policies and Strategies |
| title_full | Handling E-Waste in Malaysia: Management,Policies and Strategies |
| title_fullStr | Handling E-Waste in Malaysia: Management,Policies and Strategies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Handling E-Waste in Malaysia: Management,Policies and Strategies |
| title_short | Handling E-Waste in Malaysia: Management,Policies and Strategies |
| title_sort | handling e-waste in malaysia: management,policies and strategies |
| topic | TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering |
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