Municipal solid waste management : towards the realization of sustainable management in the context of Sri Lanka's Kandy municipal council
Over the past decade, generation of Municipal Solid Wastes (MSW) in Sri Lanka has increased due to rapid economic growth, industrial and urban development. Thus, the management of MSW in Sri Lanka can be considered relatively poor and inadequate. This study conducted, among residents and workpl...
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Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering & Sciences Publication
2019
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/74208/7/74208%20Municipal%20Solid%20Waste%20Management.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/74208/ https://www.ijrte.org/wp-content/uploads/papers/v8i1C2/A10450581C219.pdf |
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| Institution: | Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | Over the past decade, generation of Municipal
Solid Wastes (MSW) in Sri Lanka has increased due to rapid
economic growth, industrial and urban development. Thus, the
management of MSW in Sri Lanka can be considered relatively
poor and inadequate. This study conducted, among residents and
workplaces in the Kandy municipal council area. It proposes to
study the knowledge, perception, and concern of the respondents.
The questionnaires were distributed among 340 respondents. The
findings of this study show that only 56.5% of respondents’ have
proper knowledge of solid waste management practices.
Basically, in at the same time, the results had been showed lack
of perception and concern as percentage 59.8% and 60% among
considered respondents. The results revealed that there is a lack
of knowledge, perception, and concern of respondents towards
municipal solid waste management. The study further provides
potentials of MSW management system for sustainable
environmental development in KMC. |
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