Minimizing the cost of municipal solid waste management in Pasir Gudang Johor Malaysia

Malaysia like any fast developing country is facing a serious problem of the increase in solid waste generation in the urban areas such as Johor Bahru. Therefore, managing of solid waste with less cost is the current dilemma, which is facing the municipality of solid Waste Management in Pasir Gudang. The paper aim is to determine the cost of solid waste management in Pasir Gudang Johor Malaysia. In order to achieve this goal, the composition study was conducted in Tanjung langsat Landfill for one year. This study is to evaluate the current municipal solid Waste Management in order to estimate the cost of transportation from various locations in the municipality to Tanjung Langsat landfill. A model is proposed to minimize the cost of transportation to the landfill consisting recycling and reusing some portions of solid wastes. To conduct the assessment, data was collected through personal visits and interviews of stakeholders of the council, also questionnaire survey and review of literature were carried out. The assessment found that Pasir Gudang municipality generates 240,379 kg per day of solid waste. Based on the study also, the per-capita waste generation is 1.13 kg/person/day. The proposed model could reduce the cost of solid Waste Management expenditures from RM 7,130,884.00 to RM 6,093,872.00 that is a cost saving of RM 1,037,012.00 or 14.5% cost reduction every year. This could further prolong the life span of the landfill in the area under study.