A study on waste management and minimisation in construction industry Malaysia / Asmida Mahamad Yusoff

The surrounding environment has faced a greater impact from the construction waste onsite. There are more productions of waste materials on site since there is increasing of materials demand in the construction industry. The demand of materials has increased since there are increased in the development of infrastructures, commercial buildings, housing and other types of the construction projects. This study had identified on how do the waste management system being implemented at the construction site in Malaysia. Since there is increasing of wastes generated at the construction site, it is needed for a good management system in minimizing the waste on site to achieve the sustainable environment. Hence, by carried out this study, the major factors of waste production on site can be well determined. Generally, this study provides an evidence of the common methods used at the constructionsite in reducing the amount of waste been generated. Thus, an overall conclusion and some recommendations are derived from this study to conclude the findings got based on the questionnaires survey on waste management system at the construction site which being selected randomly for this purpose study.