Authors : Juliana Martin, Nora Farina Mohd Halim, Nur Zaidani Wati Mohd Darwis, Mohammad Hazizi Jamal, Herda Balqis Ismail, Muhd Farid and Muhd Fathullah
Abstract: This research study provides an estimation of solid waste composition produced by the residents of Iskandar Malaysia (IM), Johor, Malaysia. 100 houses were selected from the region and the solid wastes generated by the selected household were collected, segregated and classified into 8 compositions namely organic, plastic, paper, glass, metal, wood, textiles and others. Each type of waste was weighted and calculated in order to get the percentages of weight. This practice was undertaken from May 2015 to August 2015 for alternate 3 days in a week namely on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The findings indicate that from the total 1516.27 kg solid waste collected, the organics waste was found as the biggest contributor to the solid waste composition which comprises approximately 52.29% followed by others (17.53%), plastic (13.75%), paper (7.66%), metal (3.81%), glass (3.14%), wood (1.19%) and the lowest percentage was textile 0.63%. From the total waste generated in IM, 28.36% were recyclable. The studies on waste composition, particularly on household waste are important in establishing proper solid waste management. This can be highlighted through the information provided on the estimation of recyclable potential, sources identification and distribution of waste types which in turn facilitates the process of solid waste treatments and disposition including the design process of waste processing equipment and implementing suitable advanced technologies.
Juliana Martin, Nora Farina Mohd Halim, Nur Zaidani Wati Mohd Darwis, Mohammad Hazizi Jamal, Herda Balqis Ismail, Muhd Farid and Muhd Fathullah, 2017. Solid Waste Composition among the Residence in Iskandar Malaysia-IM (WPI@SJER), Johor, Malaysia. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 12: 4643-4650.