The solid waste management system in relation to ACT672 in Shah Alam and Johor Bahru / Mohammad Syahir Aiman Abd Khair

The Malaysian Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Management Act 2007 (Act 672) was introduced in order to provide a comprehensive, integrated, cost-effective and sustainable system of solid waste management. The Act has drawn criticisms from various stakeholders as it grants the Federal Government Corporation, the Solid Waste Management and Public Cleansing Corporation (SWCorp Malaysia), an executive power over managing the urban solid waste and public cleanliness throughout Peninsular Malaysia with varying degree of implementation. The research has employed governance and urban planning theoretical framework to unpack governance, urban planning and participation issues within the Malaysian urban solid waste management system. The aim of this study investigates the implications of the differences in the implementation of the Malaysian Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Management Act 2007 (Act 672). This research conducted in three phases, involving urban solid waste management experts and urban residents. The first phases of the research focusing on the exploratory data collection to explore the current situation of solid waste management through review of literatures, archival and documents research, pilot study and expert’s interview. The findings have indicated four (4) main themes of the research, i.e. governance structure, integration and partnerships management, mechanisms and management structure and public involvement and participation has significant impact on solid waste management services and system. The construction of survey questionnaire in the second phases of research are built based on findings of the exploratory data collection phases. Overall, 400 set of questionnaires were distributed among urban residents in selected case study with a return of 389 completed questionnaires.