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Legislation for Solid Waste Management

Legislation for Solid Waste Management

Azhar Abdul Halim, Siti Hafizan Hassan
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 19
ISBN13: 9781466696105|ISBN10: 1466696109|EISBN13: 9781466696112
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9610-5.ch002
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Halim, Azhar Abdul, and Siti Hafizan Hassan. "Legislation for Solid Waste Management." Control and Treatment of Landfill Leachate for Sanitary Waste Disposal, edited by Hamidi Abdul Aziz and Salem Abu Amr, IGI Global, 2016, pp. 24-42. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9610-5.ch002

APA

Halim, A. A. & Hassan, S. H. (2016). Legislation for Solid Waste Management. In H. Aziz & S. Amr (Eds.), Control and Treatment of Landfill Leachate for Sanitary Waste Disposal (pp. 24-42). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9610-5.ch002

Chicago

Halim, Azhar Abdul, and Siti Hafizan Hassan. "Legislation for Solid Waste Management." In Control and Treatment of Landfill Leachate for Sanitary Waste Disposal, edited by Hamidi Abdul Aziz and Salem Abu Amr, 24-42. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9610-5.ch002

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Abstract

The legal and institutional framework, as well as the international trends in solid waste management, serves as the basis for the formulation of a policy framework that seeks to improve solid waste management (SWM) practices in the future. Recently, SWM has become a global concern, especially for urban environments such as Malaysia, whose economy could potentially be adversely affected. To address these issues, the authors has reviewed several laws, including the Federal Constitution 1957; Local Government Act (Act 171) 1976; Town and Country Planning Act (Act 127) 1976; Environmental Quality Act (Act 127) 1974; Street, Drainage, and Building Act (Act 133) 1974; and Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Management Act 2007. Relevant international norms and principles at the federal, state, and local levels have also been reviewed. Exploring this topic generates an overview of SWM implementation in the context of Malaysia and the rest of the world.

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