To Study on the Effective Method of Construction Waste Disposal in Klang, Selangor

Tie, Siew Wei (2021) To Study on the Effective Method of Construction Waste Disposal in Klang, Selangor. Final Year Project (Bachelor), Tunku Abdul Rahman University College.

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Abstract

This project and dissertation carried out is to study on the effective method of construction waste disposal in Klang, Selangor. Construction and demolition activities generate thousands of tonnes of solid wastes every year. The increasing generation of construction wastes had caused significant impacts to the environment and aroused growing public concern in the local community. This is due to rapid growth of the construction development and has become a serious issue. So, the construction waste in construction industry has become the subject of many research papers or projects all around the world. Therefore, this research will focus on identify the sources of construction waste generation, strategies on reducing construction waste volume in construction industry and compare between alternative method and landfilling. It is examining the reaction and attitude of those contractors in this issue. Throughout this research, it can be concluded that he most abundant sources of construction waste generated is inert construction waste. However, the major causes contribute to construction waste generation are frequent design changes, error in design and construction details and others. Moreover, the strategies that practised in reducing construction waste are waste minimisation, reuse and recycle which under sustainable waste management. Sustainable waste management hierarchy do help in reducing construction waste. Besides that, the most effective method used on optimisation of the construction waste disposal and reducing environmental impacts are waste minimisation and it is followed by reuse strategy. In short, the purpose of doing this research is to study on effective method of construction waste disposal to minimise construction waste that has been generated in the recent year. This allowed the researcher to explore more on the level of commitment and awareness on sustainable waste management and recommend an effective strategy to overcome it.