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Legal control of waste disposal in Malaysia / Ahmad Hawari Saffini, Lukman Hakim Zainurin and Alkamil Kamarudin

The issue of waste disposal in Malaysia is a never-ending story. Although all of these wastes were collected regularly around housing area by environmental agencies, it does not put a stop to those wastes. All of them will be dumped at the dumping site nearby and every day Malaysia produces thousand...

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Main Authors: Saffini, Ahmad Hawari, Zainurin, Lukman Hakim, Kamarudin, Alkamil
Format: Student Project
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Environmental law
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spelling my.uitm.ir.619472022-06-23T01:12:52Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/61947/ Legal control of waste disposal in Malaysia / Ahmad Hawari Saffini, Lukman Hakim Zainurin and Alkamil Kamarudin Saffini, Ahmad Hawari Zainurin, Lukman Hakim Kamarudin, Alkamil Environmental law The issue of waste disposal in Malaysia is a never-ending story. Although all of these wastes were collected regularly around housing area by environmental agencies, it does not put a stop to those wastes. All of them will be dumped at the dumping site nearby and every day Malaysia produces thousand kilograms of waste. Factories and industries also contributed to the alarming amounts of waste produced. They produced industrial waste, in which to some extent, hazardous and can cause health diseases. Most of the modern industries produced hazardous by-products which can dissolve easily into underground water that connects directly to Malaysian rivers. Currently, Environmental Quality Act 1974 is the nearest legislation that deals with waste disposal. However, this act is not discussing about waste management and disposal completely. In fact, the act only involves of 51 sections to regulate all effluents and wastes produced all around Malaysia. Moreover, the thin line that distinguishes separation of power between Federal Government and State Government in handling environmental issues is yet to be drawn. Furthermore, the enforcement power seems to be inadequate to covers all industrial and domestic waste producers. In response to this problem, we propose to study on the legal control of waste disposal in Malaysia, whether the laws need to be improvised, whether extra enforcement force needed to ensure the law stands or whether Malaysia already has the best environmental policy in the region. Apart from that, we also will study and comparing the waste disposal system and policies of another developed and developing countries from all around the world. 2012-09 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/61947/1/61947.pdf Legal control of waste disposal in Malaysia / Ahmad Hawari Saffini, Lukman Hakim Zainurin and Alkamil Kamarudin. (2012) [Student Project] (Unpublished)
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Saffini, Ahmad Hawari
Zainurin, Lukman Hakim
Kamarudin, Alkamil
Legal control of waste disposal in Malaysia / Ahmad Hawari Saffini, Lukman Hakim Zainurin and Alkamil Kamarudin
description The issue of waste disposal in Malaysia is a never-ending story. Although all of these wastes were collected regularly around housing area by environmental agencies, it does not put a stop to those wastes. All of them will be dumped at the dumping site nearby and every day Malaysia produces thousand kilograms of waste. Factories and industries also contributed to the alarming amounts of waste produced. They produced industrial waste, in which to some extent, hazardous and can cause health diseases. Most of the modern industries produced hazardous by-products which can dissolve easily into underground water that connects directly to Malaysian rivers. Currently, Environmental Quality Act 1974 is the nearest legislation that deals with waste disposal. However, this act is not discussing about waste management and disposal completely. In fact, the act only involves of 51 sections to regulate all effluents and wastes produced all around Malaysia. Moreover, the thin line that distinguishes separation of power between Federal Government and State Government in handling environmental issues is yet to be drawn. Furthermore, the enforcement power seems to be inadequate to covers all industrial and domestic waste producers. In response to this problem, we propose to study on the legal control of waste disposal in Malaysia, whether the laws need to be improvised, whether extra enforcement force needed to ensure the law stands or whether Malaysia already has the best environmental policy in the region. Apart from that, we also will study and comparing the waste disposal system and policies of another developed and developing countries from all around the world.
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Kamarudin, Alkamil
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Kamarudin, Alkamil
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title Legal control of waste disposal in Malaysia / Ahmad Hawari Saffini, Lukman Hakim Zainurin and Alkamil Kamarudin
title_short Legal control of waste disposal in Malaysia / Ahmad Hawari Saffini, Lukman Hakim Zainurin and Alkamil Kamarudin
title_full Legal control of waste disposal in Malaysia / Ahmad Hawari Saffini, Lukman Hakim Zainurin and Alkamil Kamarudin
title_fullStr Legal control of waste disposal in Malaysia / Ahmad Hawari Saffini, Lukman Hakim Zainurin and Alkamil Kamarudin
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title_sort legal control of waste disposal in malaysia / ahmad hawari saffini, lukman hakim zainurin and alkamil kamarudin
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