Open AccessWaste Management Costs Reduction and the Recycling Profit Estimation from the Segregation Programme in Malaysia
Author(s) -
Josfirin Uding Rangga,
Sharifah Norkhadijah Syed Ismail,
Irniza Rasdi,
Karmegam Karuppiah
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
pertanika journal of science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.174
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2231-8526
pISSN - 0128-7680
DOI - 10.47836/pjst.30.2.34
Subject(s) - waste management , municipal solid waste , business , profit (economics) , municipal corporation , solid waste management , corporation , tonne , estimation , engineering , economics , finance , geography , archaeology , microeconomics , systems engineering
This study aimed to estimate the potential waste management cost reduction and the recycling profit from the segregation programme implemented in Malaysia. The assessment was done among the states that implemented a waste segregation programme in Malaysia, a Southeast Asia country with a GDP of 364.7 billion USD. The solid waste (tonnes) data were collected from the Solid Waste Management and Public Cleansing Corporation, Malaysia, and analysed using mathematical models. On average, 2.69 million tonnes per year (t/yr) of waste were disposed of in the landfills, and 1,680 t/yr of waste was segregated, equivalent to 0.06%. Plastic (30.49%–39.48%) and paper (31.35%–40.88%) were the major components of segregated waste. Implementing the waste segregation program avoids the cost of waste disposal in landfills, potentially at 61,000 USD/yr and generating 130,000 USD/yr recycling profits. Therefore, the government should strengthen the programme to increase the segregation rate and provide a significant income to the community.