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Enhancing the knowledge and economic of community through establishment of waste bank in Kundasang, Sabah

Aware with eco-tourism interest, Kundasang community has set up Kelab Kebersihan dan Keindahan Kundasang (KBI) in order to preserve the cleanliness and beauty of Kundasang. Prior to the establishment of KBI, the local community volunteered to do cleaning activities around the town and the main roads...

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Main Authors: Abd Manaf, Latifah, Yaacob, Nurul Nadia Fatiha, Ho Nyuk Onn @ Ariffin, Mariani, Abdullah, Sabrina J. Ho, Mohamat Yusuff, Ferdius @ Ferdaus, Alias, Fatma Sabariah, Suhaimin, Japiril
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Language:English
Published: Knowledge Transfer Programme 2017
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66615/1/NCKT%2717-3.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.666152019-03-04T00:00:15Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66615/ Enhancing the knowledge and economic of community through establishment of waste bank in Kundasang, Sabah Abd Manaf, Latifah Yaacob, Nurul Nadia Fatiha Ho Nyuk Onn @ Ariffin, Mariani Abdullah, Sabrina J. Ho Mohamat Yusuff, Ferdius @ Ferdaus Alias, Fatma Sabariah Suhaimin, Japiril Aware with eco-tourism interest, Kundasang community has set up Kelab Kebersihan dan Keindahan Kundasang (KBI) in order to preserve the cleanliness and beauty of Kundasang. Prior to the establishment of KBI, the local community volunteered to do cleaning activities around the town and the main roads in Kundasang. However, the lack of storage barrels, illegally sanitary disposal of wastes, improper solid waste management and the attitude of the community is a major obstacle that can affect the image of Kundasang in the eyes of tourists whose numbers are growing every single day. Thus, the aim of this project is to improve the waste management and increase the awareness towards recycling practice of community in Kundasang, Sabah. This project is at the first stage of transformation, which is more focused on the development and establishment of an operational for Waste Bank in Kundasang, Sabah. Graduate intern and the academia are responsible in developing a training module for members in KBI. It focuses on increasing the awareness towards cleanliness through training. This project aims to increase the knowledge of Kundasang community towards waste separation and improve the solid waste management in this area. It brings a positive feedback from the community as well as providing an economic benefit especially for individual, homestay entrepreneur, children and hawkers. Knowledge Transfer Programme 2017 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66615/1/NCKT%2717-3.pdf Abd Manaf, Latifah and Yaacob, Nurul Nadia Fatiha and Ho Nyuk Onn @ Ariffin, Mariani and Abdullah, Sabrina J. Ho and Mohamat Yusuff, Ferdius @ Ferdaus and Alias, Fatma Sabariah and Suhaimin, Japiril (2017) Enhancing the knowledge and economic of community through establishment of waste bank in Kundasang, Sabah. In: 4th National Conference on Knowledge Transfer (NCKT'17), 11-12 Dec. 2017, Kedah, Malaysia. (pp. 181-188).
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description Aware with eco-tourism interest, Kundasang community has set up Kelab Kebersihan dan Keindahan Kundasang (KBI) in order to preserve the cleanliness and beauty of Kundasang. Prior to the establishment of KBI, the local community volunteered to do cleaning activities around the town and the main roads in Kundasang. However, the lack of storage barrels, illegally sanitary disposal of wastes, improper solid waste management and the attitude of the community is a major obstacle that can affect the image of Kundasang in the eyes of tourists whose numbers are growing every single day. Thus, the aim of this project is to improve the waste management and increase the awareness towards recycling practice of community in Kundasang, Sabah. This project is at the first stage of transformation, which is more focused on the development and establishment of an operational for Waste Bank in Kundasang, Sabah. Graduate intern and the academia are responsible in developing a training module for members in KBI. It focuses on increasing the awareness towards cleanliness through training. This project aims to increase the knowledge of Kundasang community towards waste separation and improve the solid waste management in this area. It brings a positive feedback from the community as well as providing an economic benefit especially for individual, homestay entrepreneur, children and hawkers.
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author Abd Manaf, Latifah
Yaacob, Nurul Nadia Fatiha
Ho Nyuk Onn @ Ariffin, Mariani
Abdullah, Sabrina J. Ho
Mohamat Yusuff, Ferdius @ Ferdaus
Alias, Fatma Sabariah
Suhaimin, Japiril
spellingShingle Abd Manaf, Latifah
Yaacob, Nurul Nadia Fatiha
Ho Nyuk Onn @ Ariffin, Mariani
Abdullah, Sabrina J. Ho
Mohamat Yusuff, Ferdius @ Ferdaus
Alias, Fatma Sabariah
Suhaimin, Japiril
Enhancing the knowledge and economic of community through establishment of waste bank in Kundasang, Sabah
author_facet Abd Manaf, Latifah
Yaacob, Nurul Nadia Fatiha
Ho Nyuk Onn @ Ariffin, Mariani
Abdullah, Sabrina J. Ho
Mohamat Yusuff, Ferdius @ Ferdaus
Alias, Fatma Sabariah
Suhaimin, Japiril
author_sort Abd Manaf, Latifah
title Enhancing the knowledge and economic of community through establishment of waste bank in Kundasang, Sabah
title_short Enhancing the knowledge and economic of community through establishment of waste bank in Kundasang, Sabah
title_full Enhancing the knowledge and economic of community through establishment of waste bank in Kundasang, Sabah
title_fullStr Enhancing the knowledge and economic of community through establishment of waste bank in Kundasang, Sabah
title_full_unstemmed Enhancing the knowledge and economic of community through establishment of waste bank in Kundasang, Sabah
title_sort enhancing the knowledge and economic of community through establishment of waste bank in kundasang, sabah
publisher Knowledge Transfer Programme
publishDate 2017
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66615/1/NCKT%2717-3.pdf
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