Municipal solid waste management in Malaysia: current practices, challenges and prospects

MDM Samsudin, MM Don - Jurnal Teknologi, 2013 - journals.utm.my
Over the past decade, generation of municipal solid wastes (MSW) in Malaysia has
increased more than 91%. However, MSW management in Malaysia can be considered …

How do social norms influence recycling behavior in a collectivistic society? A case study from Turkey

MF Sorkun - Waste Management, 2018 - Elsevier
This study investigates how social norms influence the household recycling behavior in
collectivistic societies. High household participation rate is essential to accomplish the …

Intergovernmental relations for environmental governance: Cases of solid waste management and climate change in two Malaysian States

JAP de Oliveira - Journal of environmental management, 2019 - Elsevier
Institutions for environmental governance evolve differently across sectors. They also vary in
the same sector when governments at two levels (national and subnational) have different …

Responsible consumption: addressing individual food waste behavior

WZ Ang, S Narayanan, M Hong - British Food Journal, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose Food wastage is a major contributor to pervasive world hunger. Cutting global food
waste in half by 2030 is one of the United Nation's top priorities. Hence, this paper aims to …

[PDF][PDF] Municipal solid waste management: household waste segregation in Kuching South City, Sarawak, Malaysia

TA Otitoju, L Seng - American Journal of Engineering Research (AJER), 2014 - Citeseer
Malaysia is faced with daunting challenges relating to household waste segregation. Due to
an increase in population, economic growth, enforcement, infrastructure, public attitude …

Determinants of households' involvement in waste separation and collection for recycling in South Africa

AS Oyekale - Environment, Development and Sustainability, 2018 - Springer
Urbanization and industrial development in many developing countries have brought along
significant problem of waste management and other environmental concerns. Recycling is a …

Extending the theory of planned behaviour to explore the plastic waste minimisation intention of Hong Kong citizens

WWM So, INY Cheng, LTO Cheung, Y Chen… - Australian Journal of …, 2021 - cambridge.org
This study aimed to explore the relationships between situational and psychological factors
and Hong Kong citizens' plastic waste management (PWM) intentions based on an …

Examining recycling container attributes and household recycling practices

GWS Lane, TP Wagner - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper explores the impact of recycling container attributes on household recycling
practices in municipal recycling programs. While there is little in the academic literature on …

The influence of reward and penalty on households' recycling intention

F Amini, J Ahmad, AR Ambali - APCBEE procedia, 2014 - Elsevier
The objective of this paper is to investigate the influences of economic instruments on
households' recycling intention in order to help Malaysian government to apply a proper …

The potential of large-scale urban waste recycling: a case study of the national recycling programme in Singapore

H Neo - Society and Natural Resources, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
The increasing amount of municipal solid waste is a perennial challenge for authorities, and
recycling is seen as one of the key strategies to alleviate this problem. Earlier literature has …