Challenges of solid waste management in Malaysia
Malaysia is faced with challenges with respect to the solid waste management sector because of the increase of population and tourism, economic growth for sustainable development and inadequate waste legislation enforcement, infrastructure and public attitude among residents. This paper gives an app...
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| author | Behzad, Nadi Ahmad, Rodzi Saeid, Pirasteh Elmira, Shamshiry Mokhtar, Mazlin |
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| description | Malaysia is faced with challenges with respect to the solid waste management sector because of the increase of population and tourism, economic growth for sustainable development and inadequate waste legislation enforcement, infrastructure and public attitude among residents. This paper gives an approach of the solid waste management in Malaysia with the aim of presenting the state of waste management practices and problems with regards to environmental, economic and other ramifications. |
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| spelling | upm-369422016-04-25T05:03:19Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36942/ Challenges of solid waste management in Malaysia Behzad, Nadi Ahmad, Rodzi Saeid, Pirasteh Elmira, Shamshiry Mokhtar, Mazlin Malaysia is faced with challenges with respect to the solid waste management sector because of the increase of population and tourism, economic growth for sustainable development and inadequate waste legislation enforcement, infrastructure and public attitude among residents. This paper gives an approach of the solid waste management in Malaysia with the aim of presenting the state of waste management practices and problems with regards to environmental, economic and other ramifications. International Congress of Chemistry and Environment 2011-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36942/1/Challenges%20of%20solid%20waste%20management%20in%20Malaysia.pdf Behzad, Nadi and Ahmad, Rodzi and Saeid, Pirasteh and Elmira, Shamshiry and Mokhtar, Mazlin (2011) Challenges of solid waste management in Malaysia. Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment, 15 (2). pp. 1-4. ISSN 0972-0626; ESSN: 2278-4527 |
| spellingShingle | Behzad, Nadi Ahmad, Rodzi Saeid, Pirasteh Elmira, Shamshiry Mokhtar, Mazlin Challenges of solid waste management in Malaysia |
| title | Challenges of solid waste management in Malaysia |
| title_full | Challenges of solid waste management in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Challenges of solid waste management in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Challenges of solid waste management in Malaysia |
| title_short | Challenges of solid waste management in Malaysia |
| title_sort | challenges of solid waste management in malaysia |
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