Awareness level of contractors in Perak towards the sustainable practice of construction waste on site / Nur Farhana Mohd Nadzir and Zaiwannizar Zainal Abidin

Nowadays, construction waste management in construction industry has become very demanding in Malaysia. As the construction waste produced by the construction activities are increasing on landfill, this problem may lead to shorter the life span of landfill. Waste reduction through Reduce, Reuse and...

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Main Authors: Mohd Nadzir, Nur Farhana, Zainal Abidin, Zaiwannizar
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Language:English
Published: 2019
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spelling my.uitm.ir.518722021-10-08T02:00:41Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/51872/ Awareness level of contractors in Perak towards the sustainable practice of construction waste on site / Nur Farhana Mohd Nadzir and Zaiwannizar Zainal Abidin Mohd Nadzir, Nur Farhana Zainal Abidin, Zaiwannizar Environmental protection Sewage disposal systems Malaysia Treatment, purification, etc. Municipal refuse. Solid wastes Contractors Malaysia Nowadays, construction waste management in construction industry has become very demanding in Malaysia. As the construction waste produced by the construction activities are increasing on landfill, this problem may lead to shorter the life span of landfill. Waste reduction through Reduce, Reuse and Recycle (3R) practices have been encouraged in construction industry towards sustainable waste management since couple of decades ago. However, waste reduction through 3R are still at its infancy in construction industry. The aim of this study is to recommend ways to improve contractors’ awareness towards sustainable practice on site. The findings reported are based on feedbacks from construction contractors in Perak. Based on questionnaire surveys, recommendations identified are form specific law, organize awareness campaign, enforce the legislations, organize training sessions and provide guidelines. Therefore, these recommendations should be held by local authorities in order to improve the level of awareness of contractors towards sustainable practice on site. 2019 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/51872/1/51872.pdf ID51872 Mohd Nadzir, Nur Farhana and Zainal Abidin, Zaiwannizar (2019) Awareness level of contractors in Perak towards the sustainable practice of construction waste on site / Nur Farhana Mohd Nadzir and Zaiwannizar Zainal Abidin. In: 4th Undergraduate Seminar on Built Environment and Technology 2019, 12th June 2019, Universiti Teknologi Mara Perak Branch.
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topic Environmental protection
Sewage disposal systems
Malaysia
Treatment, purification, etc.
Municipal refuse. Solid wastes
Contractors
Malaysia
spellingShingle Environmental protection
Sewage disposal systems
Malaysia
Treatment, purification, etc.
Municipal refuse. Solid wastes
Contractors
Malaysia
Mohd Nadzir, Nur Farhana
Zainal Abidin, Zaiwannizar
Awareness level of contractors in Perak towards the sustainable practice of construction waste on site / Nur Farhana Mohd Nadzir and Zaiwannizar Zainal Abidin
description Nowadays, construction waste management in construction industry has become very demanding in Malaysia. As the construction waste produced by the construction activities are increasing on landfill, this problem may lead to shorter the life span of landfill. Waste reduction through Reduce, Reuse and Recycle (3R) practices have been encouraged in construction industry towards sustainable waste management since couple of decades ago. However, waste reduction through 3R are still at its infancy in construction industry. The aim of this study is to recommend ways to improve contractors’ awareness towards sustainable practice on site. The findings reported are based on feedbacks from construction contractors in Perak. Based on questionnaire surveys, recommendations identified are form specific law, organize awareness campaign, enforce the legislations, organize training sessions and provide guidelines. Therefore, these recommendations should be held by local authorities in order to improve the level of awareness of contractors towards sustainable practice on site.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Mohd Nadzir, Nur Farhana
Zainal Abidin, Zaiwannizar
author_facet Mohd Nadzir, Nur Farhana
Zainal Abidin, Zaiwannizar
author_sort Mohd Nadzir, Nur Farhana
title Awareness level of contractors in Perak towards the sustainable practice of construction waste on site / Nur Farhana Mohd Nadzir and Zaiwannizar Zainal Abidin
title_short Awareness level of contractors in Perak towards the sustainable practice of construction waste on site / Nur Farhana Mohd Nadzir and Zaiwannizar Zainal Abidin
title_full Awareness level of contractors in Perak towards the sustainable practice of construction waste on site / Nur Farhana Mohd Nadzir and Zaiwannizar Zainal Abidin
title_fullStr Awareness level of contractors in Perak towards the sustainable practice of construction waste on site / Nur Farhana Mohd Nadzir and Zaiwannizar Zainal Abidin
title_full_unstemmed Awareness level of contractors in Perak towards the sustainable practice of construction waste on site / Nur Farhana Mohd Nadzir and Zaiwannizar Zainal Abidin
title_sort awareness level of contractors in perak towards the sustainable practice of construction waste on site / nur farhana mohd nadzir and zaiwannizar zainal abidin
publishDate 2019
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/51872/1/51872.pdf
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/51872/
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