MFE 10403

SOLID WASTE
MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER 5
SEPARATION, PROCESSING AND
TRANSFORMATION OF SOLID
WASTE
CONTENT
Separation of waste materials
Facilities for handling, moving and storing of waste
materials
Materials recovered at drop-off and buy-back
centers
Separation

Waste that are separated at source

are:

Hazardou
Food Paper Ferrous Bulky
Plastic Glass s
and
household
waste cardboar metals waste
waste
d
Separation Effective 1st September 2015,
the government of Malaysia
has made it compulsory for
several states to separate their
waste at source, under the
• Can be done in household, transfer station Solid Waste and
or final destination (mechanical / sorting is Public Cleansing
Management Act 2007 (Act
available) 672)
• If separate at source
• reduce cost for mechanical sorting
• Provide the cleanest and most well defined
fractions
of waste suitable for recycling
Storage
• For MSW – range from small plastic (25
L) to large container (40000 L)
• For household – wheeled bins 100 – 400
L
• For apartment – 600 – 1000 L
• Types of storage

Civic
Communit
Doorstep Kerb amenity Haulier Vacuu
y recycle
collectio collection for bins m
n droppe bulky trucks
d off items
Drop-off
or Buy
Back
Centre
• Integrated solid waste management and public cleansing service provider in Johor, Melaka
and
Negeri Sembilan
• 500 collection vehicles and a workforce of 5,000 employees
Assignment Chapter
5
• Describe the waste separation, storage
and collection in your area.
• Please explain with picture or video