| Author | Chan, Shaw Peng |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.EV-93-33 |
| Subject(s) | Refuse and refuse disposal--Malaysia--Kuala Lumpur
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for
the degree of Master of Engineering |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Information of quantity and composition of solid waste
generated by a city is important in the solid waste management
system.
In this study, the solid waste generation rates of
residential, commercial, institutional sources and Kuala Lumpur
City were estimated. Also, the physical compositions of the above
sources were analyzed to evaluate the characteristic of the wastes
from each source. Field survey, laboratory analysis and data
collection were included in this study. The waste generation rates
of residential area were: 0.67, 0.65 and 0.45 kg/capita/day in
high, medium and low socio-economic strata. For commercial area,
17.3 kg/stall/day (4.61 kg/m/day) was estimated from wet market
and 8.7 to 13.1 kg/shop/day (0.10 to 0.15 kg/m2/day) for shopping
complex. Also, 0.8 kg/bed/day from hospital and 0.6 kg/student/day
from the boarding school. In estimation of waste generation rate
for Kuala Lumpur City, 1912.5 ton/day and 1.55 kg/capita/day were
obtained in this study.
As the waste stream (in wet weight basis) for each sampling
source, garbage was the highest in residential area while paper was
highest in commercial and institutional areas. From dry weight
analysis, paper was the highest component in all sampling sources.
For Kuala Lumpur, garbage was 32.5%, paper was 28.4%, plastic
was 17.7% and textile was 9.5%. In dry weight analysis, garbage was
20.3%, paper was 31.2% and textile was 9.3%. The moisture content
and bulk density were 42.0% and 237.1 kg/m3 respectively.
The results of the survey were compared with some relevant
previous studies. Based on the past data, the present survey
results and the background data of the city, the affecting factors
for the waste generation rate and characteristics of Kuala Lumpur
were population and economic situation. The comparison had shown
the trend of increase in packaging material. |
| Year | 1993 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Energy and Climate Change (Former title: Department of Energy, Environment, and Climate Change (DEECC)) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Environmental Engineering (EV) |
| Chairperson(s) | Lee, Seong-Key; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Chongrak Polprasert;Schroder, Hans; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Government of Canada; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1993 |