TY  - JOUR
T1  - A Preliminary Study on the Legal Framework of Solid Waste Management in Malaysia
AU - Dahalan, Wan Siti Adibah Wan AU - Khan, Intan Nadia Ghulam AU - Nopiah, Z.M. 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 11
IS  - 24
SP  - 5810
EP  - 5817
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2016.5810.5817
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2016.5810.5817
KW  - Solid waste management
KW  -legal framework
KW  -Malaysia
KW  -environmental
KW  -sustainable
AB  - Sustainable solid waste management is one of the main environmental challenges faced by many countries and legislation plays an important role as an instrument to implement it. The lack of a policy and legal framework is among the factors that contribute to an ineffective sustainable solid waste management. This study presents a preliminary study on the legal framework for household solid waste management and explores the issues and challenges that stand in the way of Malaysia’s objective to establish a waste management system which is holistic, integrated, cost effective, sustainable and acceptable to the community as stated in its national solid waste management policy. The study shows that although Malaysia has her own legal framework for such a purpose, the lack of uniformity of the solid waste and public cleansing management Act 2007 (Act 672) for all states pose a challenge in the implementation of a solid waste management policy.
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