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Recycling model in developing countries: an illustration for Malaysia

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 wast...

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Main Authors: Hassan, Mohd Nasir, Theng, Lee Chong, Rahman, Md. Mizanur, Awang, Muhamad
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Language:English
Published: IEEE 2001
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spelling my.upm.eprints.478042016-07-15T09:09:09Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/47804/ Recycling model in developing countries: an illustration for Malaysia Hassan, Mohd Nasir Theng, Lee Chong Rahman, Md. Mizanur Awang, Muhamad 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. IEEE 2001 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/47804/1/Recycling%20model%20in%20developing%20countries%20an%20illustration%20for%20Malaysia.pdf Hassan, Mohd Nasir and Theng, Lee Chong and Rahman, Md. Mizanur and Awang, Muhamad (2001) Recycling model in developing countries: an illustration for Malaysia. In: Second International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 11-15 Dec. 2001, Tokyo, Japan. (pp. 494-498). 10.1109/.2001.992406
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description 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.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Hassan, Mohd Nasir
Theng, Lee Chong
Rahman, Md. Mizanur
Awang, Muhamad
spellingShingle Hassan, Mohd Nasir
Theng, Lee Chong
Rahman, Md. Mizanur
Awang, Muhamad
Recycling model in developing countries: an illustration for Malaysia
author_facet Hassan, Mohd Nasir
Theng, Lee Chong
Rahman, Md. Mizanur
Awang, Muhamad
author_sort Hassan, Mohd Nasir
title Recycling model in developing countries: an illustration for Malaysia
title_short Recycling model in developing countries: an illustration for Malaysia
title_full Recycling model in developing countries: an illustration for Malaysia
title_fullStr Recycling model in developing countries: an illustration for Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Recycling model in developing countries: an illustration for Malaysia
title_sort recycling model in developing countries: an illustration for malaysia
publisher IEEE
publishDate 2001
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/47804/1/Recycling%20model%20in%20developing%20countries%20an%20illustration%20for%20Malaysia.pdf
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