{"title":"The Effect of Separation at Source (SAS) Program on Waste Generation Rate in Kuala Lumpur","authors":"M. Tahir, M. R. Taib, W. S. Ho","doi":"10.5276/jswtm/2022.285","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Malaysian government recently implemented a compulsory waste separation program in Kuala Lumpur as an effort to reach the national target of 40% waste diversion from landfill and 22% recycling rate by 2020. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of the program in the aspect\n of disposal and recycling trends. The results showed that the annual average daily generation rate was reduced by 105 tonnes/day or 5.5% after the implementation of the program. The collection amounts of recyclable materials were only about 1.3 tonnes/day. This low amount might be due to illegal\n collection by recycling vendors, poor enforcement by the authority and selling of the recyclable materials by residents directly to vendors.","PeriodicalId":35783,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5276/jswtm/2022.285","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Environmental Science","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Malaysian government recently implemented a compulsory waste separation program in Kuala Lumpur as an effort to reach the national target of 40% waste diversion from landfill and 22% recycling rate by 2020. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of the program in the aspect
of disposal and recycling trends. The results showed that the annual average daily generation rate was reduced by 105 tonnes/day or 5.5% after the implementation of the program. The collection amounts of recyclable materials were only about 1.3 tonnes/day. This low amount might be due to illegal
collection by recycling vendors, poor enforcement by the authority and selling of the recyclable materials by residents directly to vendors.
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The Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management is an international peer-reviewed journal covering landfill, recycling, waste-to-energy, waste reduction, policy and economics, composting, waste collection and transfer, municipal waste, industrial waste, residual waste and other waste management and technology subjects. The Journal is published quarterly (February, May, August, November) by the Widener University School of Engineering. It is supported by a distinguished international editorial board.
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