The impact of COVID-19 on solid waste generation in the perspectives of socioeconomic and people's behavior: a case study in Serdang, Malaysia
Malaysia has enforced several phases of Movement Control Order (MCO) as a quarantine period since 18 March 2020 with the intended purpose of containing the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. The quarantine has affected people’s daily lives with frequent job dismissal and retrenchment due to th...
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| description | Malaysia has enforced several phases of Movement Control Order (MCO) as a quarantine period since 18 March 2020 with the intended purpose of containing the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. The quarantine has affected people’s daily lives with frequent job dismissal and retrenchment due to the struggling economic conditions of particularly small and medium businesses. This study aimed to understand the impact of MCO on solid waste management in Serdang, Selangor from the aspects of socioeconomic and people’s behavior. Solid waste generation data in Serdang, Selangor was collected by KDEB Waste Management through waste weighing daily throughout 2019 and 2020. The collection was conducted according to different housing areas of Serdang. The quantitative findings have recorded a decline of 9.94% in solid waste data generation subjected to COVID-19 lockdown. In conjunction with that, an online questionnaire participated by 310 respondents was conducted on understanding the effect of the lockdown on people’s behavior and socioeconomic aspect with respect to solid waste management. This study revealed that June onwards (after MCO Phase 1) generated the most solid waste. Indeed, solid waste generation due to MCO according to the waste refusal behavior is the consensus in favor of Malaysia’s appropriate need for stricter policies. |
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| spelling | upm-954522023-01-04T08:26:48Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/95452/ The impact of COVID-19 on solid waste generation in the perspectives of socioeconomic and people's behavior: a case study in Serdang, Malaysia Arumugam, Veknesh Abdullah, Ismail Md Yusoff, Irwan Syah Abdullah, Nor Liza Mohd Tahir, Ramli Mohd Nasir, Ahadi Omar, Ammar Ehsan Ismail, Muhammad Heikal Malaysia has enforced several phases of Movement Control Order (MCO) as a quarantine period since 18 March 2020 with the intended purpose of containing the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. The quarantine has affected people’s daily lives with frequent job dismissal and retrenchment due to the struggling economic conditions of particularly small and medium businesses. This study aimed to understand the impact of MCO on solid waste management in Serdang, Selangor from the aspects of socioeconomic and people’s behavior. Solid waste generation data in Serdang, Selangor was collected by KDEB Waste Management through waste weighing daily throughout 2019 and 2020. The collection was conducted according to different housing areas of Serdang. The quantitative findings have recorded a decline of 9.94% in solid waste data generation subjected to COVID-19 lockdown. In conjunction with that, an online questionnaire participated by 310 respondents was conducted on understanding the effect of the lockdown on people’s behavior and socioeconomic aspect with respect to solid waste management. This study revealed that June onwards (after MCO Phase 1) generated the most solid waste. Indeed, solid waste generation due to MCO according to the waste refusal behavior is the consensus in favor of Malaysia’s appropriate need for stricter policies. MDPI AG 2021-11-25 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/95452/1/The%20impact%20of%20COVID-19%20on%20solid%20waste%20generation%20in%20the%20perspectives%20of%20socioeconomic%20and%20people%27s%20behavior.pdf Arumugam, Veknesh and Abdullah, Ismail and Md Yusoff, Irwan Syah and Abdullah, Nor Liza and Mohd Tahir, Ramli and Mohd Nasir, Ahadi and Omar, Ammar Ehsan and Ismail, Muhammad Heikal (2021) The impact of COVID-19 on solid waste generation in the perspectives of socioeconomic and people's behavior: a case study in Serdang, Malaysia. Sustainability, 13 (23). art. no. 13045. pp. 1-11. ISSN 2071-1050 https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/23/13045 10.3390/su132313045 |
| spellingShingle | Arumugam, Veknesh Abdullah, Ismail Md Yusoff, Irwan Syah Abdullah, Nor Liza Mohd Tahir, Ramli Mohd Nasir, Ahadi Omar, Ammar Ehsan Ismail, Muhammad Heikal The impact of COVID-19 on solid waste generation in the perspectives of socioeconomic and people's behavior: a case study in Serdang, Malaysia |
| title | The impact of COVID-19 on solid waste generation in the perspectives of socioeconomic and people's behavior: a case study in Serdang, Malaysia |
| title_full | The impact of COVID-19 on solid waste generation in the perspectives of socioeconomic and people's behavior: a case study in Serdang, Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | The impact of COVID-19 on solid waste generation in the perspectives of socioeconomic and people's behavior: a case study in Serdang, Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of COVID-19 on solid waste generation in the perspectives of socioeconomic and people's behavior: a case study in Serdang, Malaysia |
| title_short | The impact of COVID-19 on solid waste generation in the perspectives of socioeconomic and people's behavior: a case study in Serdang, Malaysia |
| title_sort | impact of covid-19 on solid waste generation in the perspectives of socioeconomic and people's behavior: a case study in serdang, malaysia |
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