Implications of municipal solid waste management on greenhouse gas emissions in Malaysia and the way forward

• Main Authors: Devadoss, P. S. Michel, Agamuthu, P., Mehran, S. B., Santha, Chenayah, Fauziah, Shahul Hamid
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2021
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QH301 Biology; TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/27954/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

The management of municipal solid waste (MSW) in Malaysia has been mainly focused on collection, transportation and disposal of MSW. To examine the contribution of MSW management to GHG emissions, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2006 Waste Model was used by deploying Tier 2 method....