Abstract
Landfill is essential in the management of municipal solid wastes in Malaysia. The role of a landfill site has become prominent with the increasing quantity of municipal solid waste. However, the selection of a landfill site has always been one of the crucial yet complicated parts in constructing a landfill. Due to the negative impacts that caused by a landfill site, an appropriate landfill site is required in order to minimize the negative impacts to the lower. Therefore, this paper probes into the challenges in landfill site selection in Peninsular Malaysia. This research is conducted through the reviewing of past similar research and case study with eight different government departments that have play a role in evaluating the suitability of a site to be used as landfill. The results obtained show the challenges in selecting a landfill site. Through the understanding of the landfill site selection, it enables future research to improve the current landfill site selection system and ensure its sustainability.
Highlights
As the population and the generation of municipal solid waste increases simultaneously, Malaysia starts to realize that the need of a proper waste management system is required to cope with the daily quantity of municipal solid wastes produced
This paper focuses on revealing the challenges in selection of a landfill site in peninsular Malaysia
In Malaysia, the landfill site selection process for the land which is owned by the federal government is done by the National Solid Waste Department
Summary
As the population and the generation of municipal solid waste increases simultaneously, Malaysia starts to realize that the need of a proper waste management system is required to cope with the daily quantity of municipal solid wastes produced. In 2007, the government established a new act which is known as Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Management Act, 2007. This act is used to provide proper guidelines and regulations, and a holistic approach to waste management [1]. The purpose of establishment of the act is for the transferring of executive authority from the local authority to the Federal Government. Through this act, the Department of National Solid Waste Management and the Solid Waste Management and Public Cleansing Corporation are operating throughout peninsular Malaysia and it imposes higher responsibilities on the stakeholders [2]. This paper focuses on revealing the challenges in selection of a landfill site in peninsular Malaysia
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