MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE &

SCHEDULE WASTE
SOLID WASTE IN MALAYSIA

60% of waste generated arises from urban

sector consisting mainly of sewage, domestic
and agricultural solid waste

Malaysia
20 % from agro-industrial

20% from the industrial sector and

construction
PROPERTIES OF SOLID WASTE

Physical Properties Chemical Properties

a) Specific Weight a) Proximate analysis
b) Moisture Content b) Ultimate analysis
c) Energy content
SPECIFIC WEIGHT

Measurement in kg/m3 or lb/yd3

- 220 lb/yd3 for residential

- 270 lb/yd3 for commercial
- 500 lb/yd3 in the compactor truck
- 760 lb/yd3 in the landfill
 MOISTURE CONTENT

Example 5.2
Component Percent by mass
Estimate the moisture content of Food waste 15
100kg solid waste sample with
the following composition: Cardboard 10
Plastics 10
Garden trimmings 10
Wood 5
Tin cans 5
Paper 45
MOISTURE CONTENT
Solution:
Component Percent by mass Moisture content (%) Dry mass, kg (based on 100kg)
Food waste 15 70 4.5 [0.15 x (100-70)]
Paper 45 6 42.3 [0.55 x (100-6)]
Cardboard 10 5 9.5
Plastics 10 2 9.8
Garden trimmings 10 60 4.0
Wood 5 20 4.0

Tin cans 5 3 4.9

TOTAL 79.0
Refer Table 5.1
Moisture content = (100-79.0)100 = 21.0%
100
 SOLID WASTE GENERATION RATES

• Generation rates for MSW are usually estimated by the amount of waste
generated per person per day.

• The generation rate depends on the standard of living and culture of the people
living in a particular city or country. As example;

Denmark : 1kg/cap/day
Malaysia : 0.45 - 1.44 kg/cap/day).
Kuala Lumpur : 1.5kg/cap/day

• In higher income countries the current generation rate is about 1 tonne / per
household per year.
FACTORS THAT AFFECT WASTE GENERATION AND COLLECTION
RATES

 Source reduction and recycling activities

 Public attitudes and legislation
 Geographic, cultural and physical factors
Example 5.4

A town of 2,000 homes in Johor Bahru generates 0.95 kg/person.d of municipal solid waste. Another town of
the same size in Kuala Lumpur generates 1.9kg/person.day? Assume: 1 home have 10 residents

i) How much MSW is generated in each ii) How much MSW is generated in each
town per day? town per week?
Johor Bahru
Johor Bahru
= 2,000 x 10 person x 0.95 kg/person.d
= 2,000 x 10 person x 0.95 kg/person.d
= 19,000 kg/day x 7d/week
= 19,000 kg/day
= 133,000 kg/week
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
= 2,000 x 10 person x 1.9 kg/person.d
= 2,000 x 10 person x 1.9 kg/person.d
= 38,000 kg/day
= 38,000 kg/day x 7d/week
= 266,000 kg/week
SEPARATION OF SOLID WASTE

 Separation can be done in the household / industry or at the transfer station or final destination where
mechanical separation / sorting are possible.
 Source separation able to
- eliminates the need for expensive and difficult manual and / or mechanical sorting.
- provides the cleanest; most well defined fractions of waste suitable for subsequent recycling or reuse.
 Source separation is best for;
i. Food waste
ii. Paper and cardboard
iii. Plastics
iv. Ferrous metals and non ferrous metals
v. Glass
 The following infrastructure is needed to function source separation;
i. Community drop-off centers for glass and non- ferrous metals
ii. Public drop-off centers where bulky, yard and household hazardous waste may be dropped off.
iii. Environmental advertising program to educate the public on source separation.
COLLECTION OF SOLID WASTE

Hauled Container System (HCS)

Advantages:
- Suited for removal of waste from sources
where the rate of generation is high.
- Use large container - reduces handling
time.
- Flexibility - containers of many different
sizes and shapes are available for the
collection of all types of waste.
- Require only one truck and driver to
accomplish the collection cycle Hoist Truck
Tilt-frame container
COLLECTION OF SOLID WASTE

Hauled container system (HCS) – conventional

COLLECTION OF SOLID WASTE

Hauled container system (HCS)-exchange container mode

COLLECTION OF SOLID WASTE

Stationary Container Systems (SCS)

 Systems in which
mechanically/ manually
loaded collection
vehicles are used.
COLLECTION ROUTES

• Routes must be laid so that

- both the collectors and
equipment are used
effectively.
- last container to be
collected on the route is
located nearest to the
disposal site.
• The layout of collection
routes involves a series trial
COLLECTION ROUTES

 No universal set of rules that can be applied to all situations. However, the basic idea are as follow:
- In hilly areas, routes should start at the top of the grade and proceed downhill as the vehicle
becomes loaded.
- Wastes generated at traffic-congested locations should be collected as early in the day as possible

 4 general steps involved in establishing collection routes include:-

i. Preparation of location maps showing pertinent data and information concerning the waste
generation sources.
ii. Data analysis and, as required, preparation of information summary tables.
iii.Preliminary layout of routes.
iv.Evaluation of the preliminary routes and the development of balanced routes by successive
trials.
Example 5.5
Assume the following data is applicable.
Occupants per house= 5
Solid waste generation rate = 1.5 kg/person.d
Compacted density of solid waste in collection vehicle= 325kg/m3
Collection vehicle capacity = 20/m3
1. Determination of solid waste generation in a week.
2. Determination of the compacted volume of solid waste to be collected per week.
3. Determination of the number of trips per week.
4. Determination of the average number of residences from which wastes are to be
collected each day.
Solution

1. Determination of solid waste generation in a week

= 664 residences x 5 persons/residence x 1.5kg/person.d x 7d/week

=34,860 kg/week

2. Determination of the compacted volume of solid waste to be collected per week.

= 664 residences x 5 persons/residence x 1.5kg/person.d x 7d/week

325 kg/m3
= 108 m3/week

3. Determination of the number of trips per week

Trip/week = 108 m3/week = 5.4  6

20 m3/trip

4. Determination of the average number of residence from which wastes are to be collected each day.

Residences/trip = 664/6 = 110.67 ~ 111

INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

reducing the amount and toxicity of the waste that are now
generated

is the process of converting waste materials into reusable

objects to prevent waste of potentially useful materials

Prepare the material for subsequent uses

REDUCTION

- Purchase environmentally preferred products.

- Purchase products with less packaging.
- Purchase concentrated products.
- Purchase products in bulk or larger sizes.
- Buy multiple use products.
- Do not replace for style.
- Purchase more durable products.
- Maintain properly and repair instead of replace.
- Purchase reusable products and then reuse or donate to charity.
- Purchase more efficient products, or use products more efficiently
RECYCLE

 will reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, energy usage, air
pollution (from incineration) and water pollution (from landfilling)

 will decrease the need for conventional waste disposal in the landfill
as well as less incineration thus lowering greenhouse gas emissions

 recycling activities creates jobs and business opportunities and at the

same time preserving the environment
RECOVERY

Example
1) Sewage sludge for VFA production
2) Sewage sludge for methane
3) Organic waste/food waste for compost
SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL : LANDFILL

In broad term, operations and processes in an engineered landfill are;

 Landfill design;- foundation design, liner design, leachate and gas collection,
drainage design, filling design, runoff collection, closure design
 Landfill operation;- waste inventory, load, type, cell layout, cell for hazardous
waste,
 Biochemical reaction in landfill;- biological decay rates, slowly biodegradable,
rapidly biodegradable, non biodegradable
 Leachate management;- collection, treatment, monitoring, reuse.
 Landfill gas management;- Monitoring, collection, flaring or using, quantity
and quality
 Environmental monitoring;- air quality, odour, CH4, H2S, VOCs, groundwater
quality monitoring, pets and litter, traffic
 LANDFILL

 All landfill should be containment type

 Attenuate and disperse site or dump
DUMP SITE
site are no longer acceptable due to
the environmental pollution
Landfilling Methods (Containment Type)

i. Excavated trench / cell

ii. Area method
iii. Canyon / depression method
 EXCAVATED TRENCH/CELL

 Ideal for area with adequate

depth of cover.
 Water table is low.
 Trench is excavated in the
ground.
 Liner put before waste are
deposited.
 Excavated earth use back as
cover at the end of each
operation
EXCAVATED TRENCH/CELL
 AREA METHOD

 Terrain not suitable for excavation.

 High groundwater level.
 Liners are place on original
ground.
 Cover material hauled from
location nearby.
 Compost can be used as
alternative.
AREA METHOD
 CANYON/DEPRESSION METHOD

 Techniques vary with

canyon geometry.
 Control of surface water
drainage is critical.
CANYON/DEPRESSION METHOD
CANYON/DEPRESSION METHOD

Example of operating canyon type landfill

Example 1
Determine the area required for a new landfill site with a projected life of 30 years for a population of 250,000 generating 2.02
kg.(capita)-1 day-1 . The density of the compacted waste is 470 kg.m-3 . The height of the landfill cannot exceed 15 m.

Solution:
This is really just a mass-balance problem. Assuming that what goes into the landfill compacted remains in the landfill for perpetuity ( which is
not too bad an assumption, given that food has been found virtually intact some 25-30 years after it was placed in landfills ), the volume of
landfill necessary can be calculated as

(250,000 people) [2.02 kg .(capita)-1 day-1 ]

(470 kg.m-3 ) = 1074 m-3 . day -1

Therefore, over 30 years, the volume required is

(1074 m-3 . day -1 ) (365 day-1. years -1 ) (30 years) = 11,760,300 m-3

If we have a 15-m height constraint, then we need an area of

11,760,300 m-3
15 m = 784,020 m2 , 78.4 ha

Note that for simplicity, the solution did include the volume of the daily cover that would have been used. The solution also does nit take into
consideration settlement of the waste due to decomposition and consolidation. Dealing with these issues is a task for subsequent upper-division
courses in solid waste management.
 Example 2
A rural community of 15,000 people generated 2 kg/cap/day. A Volume for cover material is
10 hectares landfill site available, with an average compacted = 0.2 x 33,182 m3/year
depth of 8m limited by local topography. It is estimated that the = 6636.4 m3/year
compacted refuse will have unit weight of 330 kg/ m3 and 20% Therefore total landfill volume required is;
of volume will be taken by cover material. What is the = 33,182 + 6636.4 = 39,818.4 m3/year
anticipated life of the landfill?
Solution: The available volume of landfill is;
The weight of generated refuse / year is: = 10 hec x 10,000 m2 x 8m
hec
= 800,000 m3
2 kg x 365 d x 15,000 person
Person-d year Therefore the usefull life of the landfill;
= 10.95 x 106 kg/years = 800,000 m3
39,818.4 m3/year
Total volume of refuse per year is = 20.09 years
= 10.95 x 106 kg/year x 1 m3
330 kg
= 33,182 m3/year
 Example 3
Estimate how many hectares of land would be required for a Additional volume for soil cover is;
sanitary landfill, under the following condition; = 0.2 x 93,260 m3 /year
Design life of the site = 30 years = 18,652 m3 /year
MSW generation rate = 2.5 kg/cap.d
Therefore total required volume;
MSW compacted unit weight = 500 kg/m3 = 93,260 m3 /year + 18,652 m3 /year
Average fill depth = 10 m = 111,921 m3/year
Population = 50,000
MSW : Cover ratio = 4: 1 Therefore the required area is;
= Volume / Depth
= 111,912 m3 /year = 11,191.2 m2 /year
Solution: 10 m
Quantity of MSW generated / year
= 2.5 kg x 365 days x 50,000 persons Since 1 hectare = 10,000 m2 and the design life is 30
Person-d 1 year years
= 46.63 x 106 kg/year Therefore the total area required is;
= 11,191.2 m2 x 1 hectare x 30 year
Volume of compacted refuse is; year 10,000 m2
= 46.63 x 106 kg/year x 1 m3 = 93,260 m3 /year
500 kg = 33.57 hectares
CROSS SECTION OF LANDFILL
LINER

• Primary purpose is to minimize leakage of landfill leachate and gas

into subsurface
• Allow collection of leachate for treatment and disposal
• Most commonly used materials for liner include one or all of the
following:
 •Geomembrane (Hydraulic barrier)
 •Geosynthetic Clay Liner (GCL) (Hydraulic Barrier)
 •Compacted Clay (Hydraulic Barrier)
 •Geotextile (for cushion or separation)
• Typical slope of base liner is 2% to 10%
• Typical slope of side wall liner ranges from 20% to 40%
DEVELOPMENT AND COMPLETION OF A SOLID WASTE LANDFILL

Excavation and installation

of landfill liner
DEVELOPMENT AND COMPLETION OF A SOLID WASTE LANDFILL

Construction
of Leachate
Collection and
Gas Escape
Pipes
DEPOSITING OF SOLID WASTE
• Solid waste brought to landfill sites in truckloads
• Trucks unload the solid waste onto the landfill operating cell
• Dump and spread out by spreader and dozer and
compacted
• At the end of the day the compacted solid waste is covered
by cover material up to 20-30 cm thick to prevent rats and
other scavenging animals
• Rainfall will seep through the compacted solid waste and
form leachate
DEPOSITION OF SOLID WASTE
SPREADING, COMPACTING AND COVERING
 LEACHATE

• Leachate is contaminated water in landfill which is drawn out via

pumping system from inside the landfill to be treated at an adjacent
water treatment plant.

• Typical leachate chemical composition are [all in mg/l (ppm)]

 TSS: 500-2,500,
 VSS: 3,000-8,000,
 COD: 5,000 - 30,000,
 BOD 4,000-20,000.
 LEACHATE RECYCLING

 During early stages

leachate contain high
concentration of TDS,
BOD5, COD, nutrients and
heavy metals

 When leachate re-

circulated the constituent
are attenuated by
biological, chemical and
physical activities reactions
occurring within the landfill
LEACHATE EVAPORATION

The most simple treatment is evaporation in lined leachate

storage facility
LEACHATE TREATMENT

 The treatment process selected will depend on the contaminants to

be removed
 Selection of treatment facilities will depend primarily on
characteristics of contaminants which include TDS, COD, SO42-,
heavy metals and other non-specific toxic constituents
 Treatment Facilities
 Integrated leachate management system
 Discharge to wastewater treatment plant
BUKIT TAGAR SANITARY LANDFILL (BTSL )

BTSL has a complete environment

protection system based on
implementation of the following
system components:
 Surface water management
plan
 Leachate management plan
 Environmental monitoring
 Early warning and
emergency containment
system
 BTSL
 4 sequential batch
reactor (SBR)
lagoons,
 24 aerators,
 chemical storage
and dosing
system,
 balancing tanks,
 sludge thickener
 dissolved air
flotation plant
 4 leachate holding-
ponds

Treated leachate is conveyed to the reed beds for final polishing. The
reed beds consist of Phragmites plant- Water quality monitoring
BTSL

Bukit Tagar Renewable Energy Centre

 Convert to electricity by using combustion
generator. Gas must be
processed to remove detrimental impurities
BTSL

The 125 kilowatt solar project

LEACHATE TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT

Possible when
landfill is located near a waste water collection system
where a pressure sewer can be used to connect the landfill
leachate collection to a waste water collection system

In many cases, the organic content of leachate required to be

reduced before discharged to the sewer.
LEACHATE GAS

To determine the size of the gas collection & processing facilities needed, the
quantity of landfill gas must first be estimated

The decision to use horizontal or vertical gas recovery wells depends on the
design & capacity of the landfill

The decision to flare or to recover energy from the landfill gas is determined by
the capacity of the landfill site & the opportunity to sell power produced from
the conversion of landfill gas to energy
LANDFILL GASES : FLARING
 Common method of gas management
 Also called thermal destruction
 Methane will be burned together with other gas
LANDFILL COVER CONFIGURATION

 The use of a geo-membrane liner as a barrier layer is favored by most

landfill designers to limit the entry of surface water & to control the release
of landfill gases

 The specific cover configuration selected will depend on the location of the
landfill & the climatalogical conditions

 To ensure the rapid removal of rainfall from the completed landfill & to avoid
the formation of puddles, the final cover should have a slope of about 3% to
5%
 SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE FACILITIES

An important step in the

design of a landfill is
to develop an overall
drainage plan for the
area that shows the
location of;
 Storm drains
 Culverts
 Ditches
 Subsurface drain
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY

Health and safety of workers

The federal government through OSHA regulations & states through OSHA-type
programs have established requirements for a comprehensive health & safety
program for the workers at landfill site

Attention must be given to the types of protective clothing & boots, air-filtering head
gear & punctureproof gloves supplied to the workers

Safety of the public

The use of a convenience transfer station at the landfill site, to minimize the public
contact with the working operations of the landfill is gaining in popularity
COMPLETED
LANDFILL
CLOSED LANDFILL : CANTON LANDFILL

Canton Landfill
CLOSED LANDFILL : RIVERVIEW LANDFILL

The Riverview Highlands Golf

Practice Facility
CLOSED LANDFILL : FRESNO SANITARY LANDFILL
( OLDEST “ TRUE” SL IN US)

The Fresno Sanitary Landfill is a National Historic Landmark as well as in the

National Register of Historic Places.
CLOSED LANDFILL : TRUAX LANDFILL

Golf Course
CLOSED LANFILL : MADISON LANDFILLS

Landfill Site Location Current Use

Mineral Point Landfill 128 Yellowstone Drive Mineral Point public park
Greentree Landfill 6600-6700 Hammersley Rd Greentree – Chapel Hills public park
Quann public park and off-leash
Olin Landfill 123 E. Olin Avenue
dog park
Demetral public park, off-leash dog
Demetral Landfill 200-500 Packers Avenue
park, and East High School fields
Sycamore public park and off-leash
Sycamore Landfill 4601 Sycamore Road
dog park
CLOSED LANDFILL : PAJAM, NEGERI SEMBILAN

8MW solar farm

CLOSED LANDFILL : AIR HITAM SL

Worldwide landfills
Park
 5km jogging track
(comprising both tarred
road and interlocking
bricks),
 bicycle track,
 playground
 exercise area.
CLOSED LANDFILL : JELUTONG LANDFILL

a site for
construction and
demolition
(C&D) waste.
LAWS AND LEGISLATIONS
Environmental Quality Act 1974 (Act 127)
Environmental Quality (Scheduled Wastes)
Environmental Quality (Scheduled Wastes) Regulations 2005
Regulations 1989
LAWS AND LEGISLATIONS
Environmental Quality (Scheduled Wastes) Regulations 2005 replaced
the Environmental Quality (Scheduled Wastes) Regulations 1989.
Under these regulations, 77 types of scheduled wastes listed in the
First Schedule are divided into 5 categories, namely:

1. SW 1 Metal and metal-bearing wastes (10 types of scheduled

wastes, labelled as SW 101 – SW 110);
2. SW 2 Wastes containing principally inorganic constituents which
may contain metals and organic materials (7 types of scheduled
wastes, labelled as SW 201 – SW 207 );
3. SW 3 Wastes containing principally organic constituents which may
contain metals and inorganic materials (27 types of scheduled
wastes, labelled as SW 301 – SW 327 );
4. SW 4 Wastes which may contain either inorganic or organic
constituents (32 types of scheduled wastes, labelled as SW 401 –
SW 432 )
5. SW 5 Other wastes (1 type of scheduled waste, labelled as SW 501)
LAWS AND LEGISLATIONS
A Summary of Environmental Requirements on Scheduled Wastes

A waste generator may store scheduled

wastes generated by him for 180 days
or less after its generation provided

1
that the quantity of scheduled wastes
accumulated on site shall not exceed
20 metric tonnes.

However, waste generators may apply

to the Director General in writing to
store more than 20 metric tonnes of
scheduled wastes.
LAWS AND LEGISLATIONS
A Summary of Environmental Requirements on Scheduled Wastes

The containers that are used to store

scheduled wastes shall be clearly

2
labelled with the date when the
scheduled wastes are first generated
as well as the name, address and
telephone number of the waste
generator.
LAWS AND LEGISLATIONS

2
LAWS AND LEGISLATIONS
A Summary of Environmental Requirements on Scheduled Wastes

Land farming, incineration, disposal and off-

site facilities for recovery, storage and
treatment can only be carried out at prescribed
premises licensed by the Department of

3
Environment. However, with the signing of the
concession agreement between the
Government of Malaysia and Kualiti Alam Sdn.
Bhd on 18 December 1995 (15 years
concession period), all off-site treatment and
disposal (incineration, wastewater treatment,
storage and secure landfill) of scheduled
wastes is not allowed
LAWS AND LEGISLATIONS
A Summary of Environmental Requirements on Scheduled Wastes

On-site incineration of scheduled wastes

is not encouraged. If it is deemed
necessary, application for the

4
installation of such incinerator must
strictly adhere to the Guidelines On the
Installation of Onsite Incinerator for the
Disposal of Scheduled Wastes in
Malaysia” (published by the Department
of Environment), including carrying out
a detailed environmental impact
assessment and display of the EIA
report for public comments
LAWS AND LEGISLATIONS
A Summary of Environmental Requirements on Scheduled Wastes

Waste generators may apply for special

management of scheduled wastes to have
the scheduled wastes generated from

5
their particular facility or process excluded
from being treated, disposed of or
recovered in premises or facilities other
than at the prescribed premises or onsite
treatment or recovery facilities, as
stipulated under Regulation 7(1),
Environmental Quality (Scheduled Wastes)
Regulations 2005.
 SCHEDULE WASTE TREATMENT:
INCINERATION
Incineration is the combustion of waste in a controlled manner in order to destroy it or
transform it into:
- less hazardous
- less bulky
- more controllable constituents.

Incineration may be used to dispose of a wide range of waste streams including municipal solid
waste (MSW), commercial, clinical and certain types of industrial waste.

Incineration is generally the second more frequently selected method of waste management after
landfilling. Disposal is a major concern of incineration because landifill space is becoming scarce.
Incineration of MSW with energy recovery can be viewed as an attractive alternative to landfilling
in many situations.
 TYPE OF INCINERATOR PLAN DESIGN

 Moving Grate
 The convential mass burning incinerator based on a
moving grate consists of layered burning of the waste on
the grate that transport the waste through the furnace.
On the grate the waste is dried and then burn at the high
temperature while air is supplied. The ash (including
noncombustibile waste fractions) leave the grate via the
ash chute as slag (bottom ash). The main advantages of the
moving grate are that it is well proven technology, can
accomodate large variations in waste composition and in
heat values and can be built in the very large units (up to
50 t/h). The main disadvantage is the investment and
maintenance cost which are relatively high.
 Rotary-kiln
 used by municipalities and by large industrial plants.
 This design of incinerator has 2 chambers:
 Primary chamber (consists of an inclined refractory lined cylindrical tube.
The inner refractory lining serves as sacrificial layer to protect the kiln
structure. This refractory layer needs to be replaced from time to time )
 Secondary chamber (necessary to complete gas phase combustion
reactions.)
 Fluidized Bed
 A strong airflow is forced through a sand bed.
 The air seeps through the sand until a point is reached where the sand
particles separate to let the air through and mixing and churning occurs.
 The bed is thereby violently mixed and agitated keeping small inert particles
and air in a fluid-like state. This allows all of the mass of waste, fuel and sand
to be fully circulated through the furnace.
 The specific benefits of incineration:

- A reduction in the volume and weight of waste especially of bulky solids with a high combustible content.
Reduction achieved can be up to 90% of volume and 75% of weight of materials going to final landfill.

- Destruction of some wastes and detoxification of others to render them more suitable for final disposal, e.g.
combustible carcinogens, pathologically contaminated materials, toxic organic compounds or biologically active
materials that could affect sewage treatment work.

- Destruction of organic components of biodegradable wastes which when landfilled directly generates landfill gas
(LFG).

- The recovery of energy from organic wastes with sufficient calorific value.

- Replacement of fossil fuels for energy generation with consequent beneficial impact in terms of the „greenhouse“
effect.
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SCHEDULE WASTE TREATMENT:

SOLIDIFICATION

 The principle of solidification /stabilisation is based on mixing wastes with the appropriate bonding and filling
agents in order to modify their physical properties in a desirable way.
 The objective of this process is to change waste properties. Such waste fulfils the requirements for the disposal
in a landfill site.
 Solidification/ stabilisation process is applicable in the following cases:
 waste does not meet the leachability classification requirements for the disposal in a landfill site,
 waste is liquid or releases liquid phase by sedimentation,
 chemical composition of the waste (e.g. TK, NEL...) has possible negative effects on the quality of leachate,
 waste is dusty or reeking and may exceed defined emission limits,
 disposal of unmodified waste may result in an adverse reaction with the waste disposed in the active layer
of a landfill body.
2. Secured landfill
Landfills for disposal of hazardous wastes are
required to meet very stringent Federal and state
standards to protect public health and the
environment.

These standards have been established under the

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
and govern the location, design, construction,
operation and final closure of the landfill.

All hazardous waste landfills must have RCRA

permits that incorporate these standards
 Including:
1) Sanitary Landfill
2) Secured Landfill
3) Leachate Treatment
Owned and Managed by Trieneken (Sarawak) 4) Schedule waste incineration
Sdn Bhd facilityng

Location :, 27 km from Kuching

Kualiti Alam Waste Management Centre. The Centre hold the license to handle
76 categories of 77 scheduled wastes listed under Environmental Quality
(Scheduled Wastes) Regulations 2005. We provide one-stop solution services
under the concept of ‘cradle to cradle’ to our customers.
Capacity :

Minimum 1.5
Million tonne
over an area
of
approximately
45 acres