MATEC Web of Conferences 150, 05078 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201815005078 MUCET 2017
Awareness and willingness among the residents in Johor Bahru City Council and Johor Bahru Tengah Municipal Council of Iskandar Malaysia-Im (Wpi@Sjer) towards recycling
Nora Farina Mohd Halim1,*, Nur Zaidani Wati Mohd Darwis1 , and Juliana Martin1
1Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Cawangan Johor, Kampus Pasir Gudang, Malaysia
Abstract. Solid waste is increasingly becoming an important urban challenge as a result from population growth and also the development of economy and culture which has improved the standard of living and the lifestyle of the people. If left unchecked, solid waste could lead to severe environmental degradation. In order to reduce the environmental impact of waste disposal, recycling has been introduced. About twenty percent of our solid waste can be recyclable, rather than disposing it through landfills or incinerators. Residential area is the best place to practice recycling because most of the waste is generated there every day. This research focus on the awareness level and the recycling knowledge among the residents in Johor Bahru City council and Johor Bahru Tengah Municipal Council of Iskandar Malaysia. A total of 500 residents were surveyed and the questionnaires were focused on the waste management and also the recycling knowledge. The results discovered that more than 50% of the residents’ state that they practicing recycle and they also aware of the environmental and economic benefits from recycling. As a conclusion, the residents are prepared for recycling if the recycling amenities are available and easy to reach by them.
1 Introduction In line with the vision 2020, the development of materials, lessen the intake of fresh raw materials, economic and urban transformation is emerging energy usage, air pollution and water pollution tremendously. The population in Malaysia has extended .Recycling is a key element of modern waste reduction up to 30 million people in year 2016 according to the and is the third element of the "Reduce, Reuse and Department of Statistics Malaysia. The growing of the Recycle" waste hierarchy [4]. population contributes to the increase of solid waste Recycling is a process of reusing items that would be production in Malaysia. rejected as waste. There are few types of recycling Besides that, the changes of living standard and a include upcycling, which involves adding value to an variety of daily activities among Malaysian will also lead element for reuse, and downcycling, which involves to this excessive solid waste production [1]. Even though breaking down an element or material into its component “Recycling” has been accepted worldwide as a method to reuse anything that can be reclaimed. of waste disposal, Malaysia’s domestic recycling rate is Precycling is a different approach which involves still low at about five percent [2]. Iskandar Malaysia has avoiding the acquisition of excessive items that would presented a severe waste generation growth from time to have eventually have to be recycled or dealt with as time. waste. Waste reduction and recycling are no longer a preference but a needed step to ensure a healthy life style and at also to protect our surrounding. Conferring to [3], Malaysia is one of the Asian countries that produced the most municipal solid waste Recycling is the method of changing waste materials into reusable objects to avoid waste of possibly useful * Corresponding author: [email protected] , [email protected] , [email protected]
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