Recycling model in developing countries: an illustration for Malaysia

Author

Hassan, Mohd Nasir ; Chong, Theng Lee ; Rahman, Md Mizanur ; Awang, Muhamad

Author_Institution

Centre for Environ. Technol. & Natural Resource Manage., Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

494

Lastpage

498

Abstract

Most of the municipalities in Malaysia are facing the problem of getting new disposal sites as most of the existing disposal sites are nearly exhausted. Thus, waste managers should be flexible to accept new ideas and technologies particularly programmes of waste reduction and recycling in their waste management plans. This paper discusses the recycling model in Malaysia particularly the current status of waste recycling and its future prospects. Cost benefit analysis was also conducted in this study on different options of recycling. Recommendations to increase recycling are also discussed in this paper

Keywords

cost-benefit analysis; recycling; Malaysia; cost-benefit analysis; developing countries; disposal sites; municipalities; recycling model; recycling programmes; underdeveloped countries; waste reduction programmes; Cities and towns; Councils; Glass; Plastics; Recycling; Resource management; Solids; Technology management; Waste management; Waste materials;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 2001. Proceedings EcoDesign 2001: Second International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1266-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/.2001.992406

Filename

992406