Authors : Nurul Qayuum Farahin Saidi and Norashikin Ahmad Kamal
Abstract: The daily increase in solid waste generation is one of the major issues leading to increasing environmental pollution such as leaking of leachate in landfill percolated groundwater sources. Thus, this study has been carried out to fulfil the following objectives to analyse the final net amount of solid waste generation in the solid waste utilization system identify the interrelationship between solid waste management and cost analysis in operating a solid waste facility in the Shah Alam area and evaluate the current status of solid waste management specifically in the Shah Alam area. The STAN (Substance Flow Analysis, Version 1.1.3) software system generated the Material Flow Analysis (MFA) diagram based on the data collected in this research. The final net weight of solid waste ending up in landfills is 166915.07, 197318.40, 194937.54, 190866.62 and 187306.18 ton for the year 2006, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively. Based on the analysis an increase in reduction activity will affect to the final net weight of solid waste arriving at landfills, generally affecting the costs of managing solid waste. Evaluation of the current status of solid waste management in Shah Alam is in the range of satisfying but improvements are needed its managing system. It is recommended that further study be done with Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) for a better understanding of flow for each element in solid waste management.
Nurul Qayuum Farahin Saidi and Norashikin Ahmad Kamal, 2017. Evaluation of Solid Waste Management Using Material Flow Analysis (MFA) for a Waste Utilization System in Shah Alam. Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 12: 6450-6455.