Solid Waste Generation In Malaysia

Increasing waste generation year 2005 2012 2016 total waste generated tonne day 19 000 33 000 38 200 waste disposed in landfill tonne day 18 050 30 129 35 335 disposal percentage 95 91 3 82 5 assumption factors.

Solid waste generation in malaysia. As reported by swcorp malaysia there are several incinerators in the country with a capacity of 75 tons day in total. The number of municipal solid waste generated from kuala lumpur state territory and delivered to tbts was recorded of 2 000 tonnes per day. However this amount is expected to rise to 30 000 tonnes by the year 2020. According to the solid waste management and public cleansing corporation swcorp malaysia there are only 14 sanitary landfills all over the country.

Thanks to population increase consumption and disposal rates are escalating faster than malaysia s utilities can handle. Currently the estimated average generation of solid waste is more than 1 0 kg c day. With a population of over 32 million malaysia generates about 38 000 metric tonnes of waste on a daily basis. Currently over 23 000 tonnes of waste is produced each day in malaysia.

Over the 10 years from 2003 to 2013 the generation of municipal solid waste msw in malaysia increased more than 91 percent. After 1990 in the early nineties the solid waste generation rate rose to 0 75 kg c day. Rapid population growth increase 4 per year 2. Solid waste is one of the three major environmental problems in malaysia.

Waste generation rate average from 0 8kg cap day 1 12kg cap day 3. Accordingly the solid waste generation average for any. It plays a significant role in the ability of nature to sustain life within its capacity. Urban development is largely responsible the country s city dwellers at 65 percent of the total population being the biggest contributors to waste.

Increasing population and tremendous urbanisation growth and other factors influence directly the municipal solid waste msw generation in malaysia. Solid waste generation in malaysia. Around 25 000 tonnesgenerated per day in peninsular malaysia 2012 projections high amount of food waste generated from municipal solid waste mechanism of separation at source between recyclables and non recyclabes on voluntary basis with the collection mechanism starting in 1 sept 2012 7. Out of the huge amount waste separation and recycle rate is only at 24 while the remaining 76 goes to the landfill according to housing and local government minister zuraida kamaruddin.