Municipal Solid Waste Composition Study of Selected Area in Gambang, Pahang

The amount of municipal solid waste (MSW) generated continue to increase in response to rapid growth in population, change in life style and accelerated urbanization and industrialization process. The study on MSW is important in order to determine the composition further seeks an immediate remedy t...

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Main Authors:	Wan Faizal, Wan Ishak, Nadiah, Mokhtar, Noor Suraya, Romali, Siti Fatimah, Che Osmi, Mohd Armi, Abu Samah
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Science 2013
Subjects:	TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
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spelling	ump-55242018-01-09T04:08:21Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/5524/ Municipal Solid Waste Composition Study of Selected Area in Gambang, Pahang Wan Faizal, Wan Ishak Nadiah, Mokhtar Noor Suraya, Romali Siti Fatimah, Che Osmi Mohd Armi, Abu Samah TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering The amount of municipal solid waste (MSW) generated continue to increase in response to rapid growth in population, change in life style and accelerated urbanization and industrialization process. The study on MSW is important in order to determine the composition further seeks an immediate remedy to minimize the waste generated at the early stage. As most of the MSW goes to the landfill or dumping sites, particularly in Malaysia, closure of filled-up landfill may become an alarm clock for an immediate action of proper solid waste management. This research aims to determine the waste composition generated from selected residential area at Gambang, Kuantan, Pahang which represent Old residential area (ORA), Intermediate residential area (IRA) and New residential area (NRA). The study was conducted by segregating and weighing solid waste in the residential area into 6 main components ie., food waste, paper, plastic, glass, metal and others. In a period of four weeks, samples from the residential unit were taken and analyzed. The MSW generation rates were recorded vary from 0.217 to 0.388 kg person−1day−1. Food waste has become the major solid waste component generated daily which mounted up to 50%. From this research, the result revealed that the recyclable composition of waste generated by residents have a potential to be reuse, recycle and reduce at the point sources. IOP Science 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/5524/1/fkasa-2014-22.pdf Wan Faizal, Wan Ishak and Nadiah, Mokhtar and Noor Suraya, Romali and Siti Fatimah, Che Osmi and Mohd Armi, Abu Samah (2013) Municipal Solid Waste Composition Study of Selected Area in Gambang, Pahang. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 16. 012-041. ISSN 1755-1315 http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/16/1/012041 DOI:10.1088/1755-1315/16/1/012041
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spellingShingle	TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering Wan Faizal, Wan Ishak Nadiah, Mokhtar Noor Suraya, Romali Siti Fatimah, Che Osmi Mohd Armi, Abu Samah Municipal Solid Waste Composition Study of Selected Area in Gambang, Pahang
description	The amount of municipal solid waste (MSW) generated continue to increase in response to rapid growth in population, change in life style and accelerated urbanization and industrialization process. The study on MSW is important in order to determine the composition further seeks an immediate remedy to minimize the waste generated at the early stage. As most of the MSW goes to the landfill or dumping sites, particularly in Malaysia, closure of filled-up landfill may become an alarm clock for an immediate action of proper solid waste management. This research aims to determine the waste composition generated from selected residential area at Gambang, Kuantan, Pahang which represent Old residential area (ORA), Intermediate residential area (IRA) and New residential area (NRA). The study was conducted by segregating and weighing solid waste in the residential area into 6 main components ie., food waste, paper, plastic, glass, metal and others. In a period of four weeks, samples from the residential unit were taken and analyzed. The MSW generation rates were recorded vary from 0.217 to 0.388 kg person−1day−1. Food waste has become the major solid waste component generated daily which mounted up to 50%. From this research, the result revealed that the recyclable composition of waste generated by residents have a potential to be reuse, recycle and reduce at the point sources.
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author	Wan Faizal, Wan Ishak Nadiah, Mokhtar Noor Suraya, Romali Siti Fatimah, Che Osmi Mohd Armi, Abu Samah
author_facet	Wan Faizal, Wan Ishak Nadiah, Mokhtar Noor Suraya, Romali Siti Fatimah, Che Osmi Mohd Armi, Abu Samah
author_sort	Wan Faizal, Wan Ishak
title	Municipal Solid Waste Composition Study of Selected Area in Gambang, Pahang
title_short	Municipal Solid Waste Composition Study of Selected Area in Gambang, Pahang
title_full	Municipal Solid Waste Composition Study of Selected Area in Gambang, Pahang
title_fullStr	Municipal Solid Waste Composition Study of Selected Area in Gambang, Pahang
title_full_unstemmed	Municipal Solid Waste Composition Study of Selected Area in Gambang, Pahang
title_sort	municipal solid waste composition study of selected area in gambang, pahang
publisher	IOP Science
publishDate	2013
url	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/5524/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/5524/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/5524/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/5524/1/fkasa-2014-22.pdf
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Municipal Solid Waste Composition Study of Selected Area in Gambang, Pahang

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