Kajian komposisi dan pengasingan sisa pepejal di kawasan perumahan

Abstract

Improving economic growth and rising population are among the driving factors for the increase in the amount of solid waste. The raise in solid waste generally affects the environment especially in urban and residential areas. The current situation shows the issue of solid waste generation and composition is getting more serious especially, in developing countries like Malaysia. The purpose of this study is to identify the waste composition in the housing area by using the method suggested in the Solid Waste Management and Public Cleansing Act (Act 672). Survey method was used in this study with 100 respondents randomly selected from two housing area namely Taman Megah Jaya and Kampong Rawa-Rawa. The waste composition study was conducted on all respondents by direct separation and weighing. The findings show that there is a difference in the amount of residual waste and recyclable waste in both areas. Although the difference is not significant, respondents in the village housing area are more likely to separate their recyclable waste than respondents living in terraced housing areas. Financial factors are assumed to be the main drivers for respondents to carry out separation with most of them selling the collected waste. Therefore, separation activities need to be taken seriously by all parties by establishing joint ventures in collecting recyclable wastes so that it can be reused by the industry. Keywords: Act 672, residential, waste compositions, waste segregation, recyclable, solid waste