The Impact of COVID-19 on Solid Waste Generation in the Perspectives of Socioeconomic and People’s Behavior: A Case Study in Serdang, Malaysia

Arumugam, Veknesh; Abdullah, Ismail; Yusoff, Irwan Syah Md; Abdullah, Nor Liza; Tahir, Ramli Mohd; Nasir, Ahadi Mohd; Omar, Ammar Ehsan; Ismail, Muhammad Heikal

doi:10.3390/su132313045

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“…Brohan et al (2021) summarised the impact of COVID-19 on municipal solid waste in Peninsular Malaysia. It was found that the municipal solid waste began to increase when the movement control order (MCO) reached the conditional and recovery stages (Arumugam et al, 2021;Brohan et al, 2021). It indicates that lifestyles can have an impact on the environment.…”

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Malaysia's low-cost housing solid waste management in the era of COVID-19: the role of fourth industrial revolution technologies

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Samsurijan²,

Aigbavboa³

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PurposeStudies have shown that managing household solid waste from low-cost housing in urban and sub-urban communities is challenging, especially in developing countries and COVID-19 era. Previous research proved that the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) technologies could be engaged to improve urban public services such as household solid waste. Thus, the study investigated 4IR role in improving low-cost housing solid waste management (LCHSWM) in the COVID-19 era across Malaysia's cities.Design/methodology/approachThe researchers selected four Malaysian cities (Pulau Pinang, Kuala Lumpur, Kuching and Putrajaya) to achieve the study's objectives via a qualitative research design. The study engaged forty experts through semi-structured virtual interviews. A thematic approach was used to analyse the collected data.FindingsFindings identified initial high implementation and maintenance costs, unwillingness to accept change, inadequate knowledge and skilled personnel to manage the operation, amongst others, as the perceived challenges facing 4IR technologies in managing low-cost housing solid waste across Malaysian cities in the COVID-19 era. Also, the study proffered measures to improve 4IR technologies usage.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper is limited to the perceived contributory challenges and proffered measures to improve 4IR technologies usage in managing LCHSW across Malaysian cities in the COVID-19 era.Practical implicationsProffered measures will stir policymakers and the political class (city councils) to start thinking of an all-inclusive approach to addressing the issue of LCHSW in the 21st century. As part of the practical implications, the possible outcome might enhance collaboration between the public and private sectors to better service delivery to mitigate environmental degradation.Originality/valueAs revealed in the review, there is a paucity of literature regarding digital technology's roles in mitigating LCHSW across Malaysian cities in the COVID-19 era.

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Malaysia's low-cost housing solid waste management in the era of COVID-19: the role of fourth industrial revolution technologies

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Aigbavboa³

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“…According to a study, in Selangor, Malaysia, public awareness of sorting household waste is relatively high. However, that does not always occur in practice, especially for residents of shared apartments occupying vertical housing [3]. In this sense, there has been a gap between knowledge and behaviour.…”

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Covid-19 and Waste Management Law: Do Hard and Soft Laws Complement Each Other?

Safitri

2022

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The Covid-19 pandemic has led to various health, economic, and environmental problems. Waste management is one of the environmental problems that have emerged during this pandemic. Countries worldwide are trying to overcome the increase in the quantity and type of waste during the pandemic, such as disposable masks, face shields, and gloves, whether from households, commercial areas, or quarantine homes. Then there is also much medical waste sourced from health service places and places where people do swab testing and Covid-19 vaccinations. Moreover, there are other problems like increasing plastic waste from food consumption in the household during work and school activities from home. These waste problems add to the complexity of waste management, especially in developing countries which still needs improvement in their law and policy, technology, capacity, and legal awareness of the community in waste management. An interesting legal phenomenon during the Covid-19 pandemic is the widespread use of soft laws in the form of protocols, circulars, instructions, and appeals. This paper aims to study various forms of soft law used by the Government of Indonesia to manage Covid waste and analyze their compliance with national laws. This paper consists of two main parts: describing the trends in the use of soft law in waste management during the Covid-19 pandemic, and an analysis of the relationship between “hard law” and “soft law” in handling COVID-19 waste. Keywords: Covid-19, environmental impact, soft law, waste management

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“…Nowadays, significant factor considerations must be considered before implementing food waste disposal units as a wide-ranging solid waste management option, as solid waste is related to emissions of greenhouse gasses and other environmental damage. Continued research and development in food waste could better manage this choice to become a sustainable alternative to landfilling, incineration, and composting (Ismail et al, 2020a;Arumugam et al, 2021).…”

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Dehydrated Food Waste for Composting: An Overview

Khalida¹,

Arumugam²,

Abdullah³

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Food waste disposal has recently received much attention worldwide due to its major impact on environmental pollution and economic costs. Using high moisture content of food waste has the highest negative environmental impact due to increased greenhouse gas emissions, odor, and leachate. Drying technologies play an important role in reducing the moisture content of food waste, which is necessary for environmental sustainability and safety. The first part of this review highlights that sun-drying is the most cost-effective drying method. However, it has not been widely recommended for food waste management due to several limitations, including the inability to control sunray temperature and the inability to control end-product quality. Thermal drying eliminates moisture from food waste quickly, preventing hydrolysis and biodegradation. Thermal dryers, such as the GAIA GC-300 dryer, and cabinet dryer fitted with a standard tray, are the best alternative to sun drying. The second part of this review highlights that dehydrated food waste products are slightly acidic (4.7–5.1), have a high electrical conductivity (EC) value (4.83–7.64 mS cm-1), with high nutrient content, due to low pH levels, dehydrated food waste is not suitable for direct use as a fertilizer for the plants. So, the dried food waste should be composted before application to the plants because the composting process will dominate the limitation of phytotoxins, anoxia, salinity, and water repellence. Trench compost can be a good choice for decomposing dried organic waste because trench compost relies solely on soil decomposing microorganisms and insects.

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Solid Waste Generation in the Perspectives of Socioeconomic and People’s Behavior: A Case Study in Serdang, Malaysia

Cited by 8 publications

References 27 publications

Malaysia's low-cost housing solid waste management in the era of COVID-19: the role of fourth industrial revolution technologies

Malaysia's low-cost housing solid waste management in the era of COVID-19: the role of fourth industrial revolution technologies

Covid-19 and Waste Management Law: Do Hard and Soft Laws Complement Each Other?

Dehydrated Food Waste for Composting: An Overview

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