Abstract
Development of the construction industry generated construction waste which can contribute towards environmental issues. Weaknesses of compliance in construction waste management especially in construction site have also contributed to the big issues of waste generated in landfills and illegal dumping area. This gives sign that construction projects are needed a systematic construction waste management. To date, a comprehensive criteria of construction waste management, particularly for construction project in developing countries such as Malaysia is still not systematically defined. Therefore, construction waste management needs further investigation. This paper aims to explain a concept model for systematic construction waste management in the Malaysian construction industry. The methodology of this paper is through literature and previous research focusing on current practices of construction waste management, the barriers of construction waste management implementation and the additional factor for implementing systematic construction waste management in order to develop a conceptual model. Findings from this study will help to find out the elements required to implement systematic construction waste management in Malaysian construction industry. This action seems significant to the participants in prioritizing construction waste management more systematically. The implementation also will increase the awareness and better understanding of the construction players of the importance of construction waste management in construction projects.
Highlights
The construction industry has contributed to the negative effect of environment
The methodology was designed to pursue the aim of this paper as shows in Figure 2, which is to explain a conceptual model for systematic construction waste management in the Malaysia construction industry
This paper proposes a conceptual model of systematic construction waste management in the Malaysian construction industry
Summary
The construction industry has contributed to the negative effect of environment. The demand of the construction development especially in developing countries, has generated construction waste [1][2][3][4]. Waste is a substance or item which is discarded or is expected for transfer or is required to be discarded by the procurements of laws [5]. In another opinion, waste can be defined as unwanted or discard material produced by households, commercial, institutional and industrial activities [6][7]. Overall process of construction waste management in the Malaysian construction industry started from waste production in construction site, all the waste combined and directly disposed into landfill. There is no segregation process in construction site and specialize construction waste landfill in Malaysia [9]
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