MATEC Web of Conferences 150, 05078 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201815005078 MUCET 2017

Awareness and willingness among the residents in Bahru City Council and Tengah Municipal Council of Iskandar -Im (Wpi@Sjer) towards recycling

Nora Farina Mohd Halim1,*, Nur Zaidani Wati Mohd Darwis1 , and Juliana Martin1

1Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Cawangan Johor, Kampus , 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 and Johor Bahru Tengah Municipal Council of . 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 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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2 Study area 3 Methodology he leading sothern deelopment corridor in ohor is sandar Malaysia M which preiosly nown as 3.1 Research design oth ohor conomic Region R n oemer uestionnaires run as the main data hile literature sandar Malaysia was estalished he deelopment is managed y sandar Regional revies run as minor data. The random samle for this eelopment thority R and was named after the research ill e any houses in sandar alaysia late ltan of ohor, lmarhm ltan sandar ini selected randomly y accessiility. To urisdictions of lmarhm ltan smail igre and igre show local authority in sandar alaysia ill e involved in the whereaot and geographical coerage of sandar this study hich is Majlis Bandaraya Johor Bahru Malaysia ohor ahru ity ouncil and Majlis Perbandaran Johor Bahru Tengah ohor ahru Tenah unicial

ouncil. or this research there ill e a total of aout 500 resondents for the to urisdictions of local authority.

3.2 Analysis mechanism

The analysis mechanism used for data collection is a uestionnaire. t ill e delierate as accurate as ossile for resondents to e ale to anser the

uestion ithout difficulty. The study as steered usin structured uestionnaire that covered to asic Figure 1: ocation of sandar alaysia rinciles hich is aout the aste manaement and the recyclin nolede. n this research the uestionnaire ill e distriuted to the resondent involved y hand. The final data ere statistically analysed usin the .

4 Results and discussion

4.1 Evaluation of Solid Waste Management in Majlis Bandaraya Johor Bahru (Johor Bahru

City Council) and Majlis Perbandaran Johor Bahru Tengah (Johor Bahru Tengah Municipal Council)

Table 1: esults uestionnaire for aste anaement

eorahical overae of sandar alaysia Figure 2: Number of Question Answer Respondents The total area of the develoment reion of is suare ilometres hich cover the city of ohor ahru ontian enai asir udan and the ne administrative MPJB MPJBT investment in sandar uteri. The of ohor

ahru is included in its hole as ell as the arts of the The fulfilment es district of ontian. ive local overnment authorities of the resondent o have the urisdiction over the covered area includin ith the aste ot alis andaraya ohor ahru alis erandaran collection system in the area. sure ohor ahru Tenah alis erandaran asir udan alis erandaran ulaiand alis aerah ontian . n The efficiency of es this research e ust focus on the aareness level and the collection o 5 system. ot the recyclin nolede of the to local urisdiction of 0 50 the local authority in sandar alaysia hich is alis sure

andaraya ohor ahru and alis erandaran ohor ahru Tenah

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reuent in a 0 5 0 for o ee the trash times concet. ot 5 overfloed. 5 sure 5 5 times B2 hat are educe 5 5 stands for euse 5 times ecycle educe 5 s odour aste arely euse ecycle scattered and verae reedin of flies educe 5 5 euse are common in ften your area ecycle B3 o you es 0 0. 0 recycle o 5

day ot mount of aste 0. sure 5 enerate each 0 day B4 reuency times 50 day. 0. recycle times 0 5 day monthly. times times 5 estion was to classify the flfillment of waste ever collection systems in the area and the otcomes shows B5 earated es 0 that of the residents were pleased with the the trash or o 5 collection system in M while were pleased in not. ot M he nmer of residents were not pleased with sure the crrent method of waste collection were for M and for M B6 o you es or estion , of the residents in M searate thoght positiely of the crrent collection system while arae for o thoght positiely in M for M recyclin and for M did not consider the collection system is effectie B7 umer of in 5 5 Reslts for estion displayed the residents recyclin opinions on the ecess of trash ins times a wee ins to e in 5 were for M and for M, times rovided. per wee were for M and for M in 50 and timed per wee were for M and for 5 in M rthermore, the reslts for estion showed B8 articiation es in recycle if for M and for M of the residents imlemented o 0 thoght of trash contamination in their area as in alaysia. eceptional, followed y for M and for ot M showed contamination rate at trash hose are sure often Reslts indicate that in estion for M and for M residents epected waste esults for uestion shoed a total of .% for generation amont is less than gday while and .% for T residents understood the for M and for M of residents will concet of . eanhile .% for and5.% generate more than gdays for T residents did not no aout concet. or uestion 50.% for and .% for T residents ne the riht order of . esult for 4.2 Awareness and Recycling knowledge of uestion shoed that 5.5% for and 55.5% for respondent T residents carry out the recyclin hile .% for and 0.% for T residents did not erform Table 2 : esults uestionnaire for ecyclin nolede recyclin activities. esults for uestion shoed that a sum of .% residents in erformed at least time the recyclin activities each month folloed y .5% ho Number of Question Answer had times recyclin er month.% residents ran Respondents times er month.% residents in eceeded three times and .% did not carried out any recyclin activities. or residents in T 0% carried out at MPJB MPJBT least time.% carried out to times er month.% carried out three times er month.% B1 nolede es

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eceeded three times er month and .% of residents has ecome roressively vital ecause aste eneration in T did not recycle at all. has een increasin . The alance of landfill areas is urthermore uestion 5 indicate that 5% for deteriorated and that maes recyclin not only sensile and .% for T residents ill searate ut essential. urrently the aste disosal ractice is that aste at source hile 0.% for and .% for the household are reuired to lace their aste in the T residents ill not searate the aste at source. ins that usually located in front of their houses and the uestion shoed .% for and .% for collectors ill ather the astes tice a ee. oever T ill searate aste at source ith the facilities not all aste is disosed in such ay. availale hile 5.% for and 5.% for T rom this study most of the resondents have the residents thouht not to searate the aste at source. nolede of recycle no the advantaes of recyclin esult shoed that oth residents in and and aare aout the urose of recyclin ut amainly T had a hiher ercentae of suested the only fe of the resondent ractice recycle freuently. rovidin of ins recycle ins hich ere .% and The reasons of most of the resondents is that there ere not enouh facility for aste searation and some of 5.% resectively. t is due to the eole in alaysia them stated that they ere usy and did not have time to has een aare ith the concet of recyclin ins. ractice recyclin. uestion shoed a ositive resonse of 0.% for There are many effective ays to romote recycle and .% for T residents ill discrete amon household and one of the most oerative ay is aste if recyclin facilities are alied such as ins or television. Television can disseminate information to ins recycle ins. eole ith reards to recycle camain. evertheless the neihorhood themselves hich is family and friends esults for uestion shoed a total of .% for and .% for T residents understood the can deliver aout recyclin ecause eole ho concet of . eanhile .% for and5.% racticin it freuently stated that they are the most influence in recyclin resource. ince the resondents for T residents did not no aout concet. or uestion 50.% for and .% for also cited that lac of facilities is one of the main reasons T residents ne the riht order of . esult for for not racticin recycle the authority should rovide more recyclin facilities uestion shoed that 5.5% for and 55.5% for

T residents carry out the recyclin hile .% for The fundin rovided y the inistry of iher ducation and 0.% for T residents did not erform alaysia and the manaement of niversiti recyclin activities. Tenoloi ara iT alaysia under the research esults for uestion shoed that a sum of .% rant scheme 00 5 0 are thaned residents in erformed at least time the recyclin activities each month folloed y .5% ho had times recyclin er month.% residents ran Reference times er month.% residents in eceeded three times and .% did not carried out any recyclin . . thman . uhani entre of nvironment activities. or residents in T 0% carried out at ehaviour tudies aculty of rchitecture least time.% carried out to times er lannin and urveyin iT alaysia 0 month.% carried out three times er month.% . . handravathani. aste eduction o loner eceeded three times er month and .% of residents n otion ut a ecessityernama.com in T did not recycle at all. ernama.com dataase nstitute of ioloocal urthermore uestion 5 indicate that 5% for ciences uala umur 00 and .% for T residents ill searate aste at source hile 0.% for and .% for . . thman ousehold references for olid aste T residents ill not searate the aste at source. anaement in alaysia 00 uestion shoed .% for and .% for . .. hedar ustainale solid aste manaement T ill searate aste at source ith the facilities n interated aroach for sian ountries aste availale hile 5.% for and 5.% for T anement 29 00 residents thouht not to searate the aste at source. 5. nterated olid aste anaement esult shoed that oth residents in and luerint or sandar alaysia 0 T had a hiher ercentae of suested the rovidin of ins recycle ins hich ere .% and . . il . ohar . . ion ousehold 5.% resectively. t is due to the eole in alaysia articiation in recyclin rorams case study has een aare ith the concet of recyclin ins. from alaysiaTata oa ol. 17 o. 05 uestion shoed a ositive resonse of 0.% for and .% for T residents ill discrete aste if recyclin facilities are alied such as ins or ins recycle ins.

5 Conclusion

ue to the roth in oulation and economic develoment reducin and recyclin household aste

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