Socio-economic analysis on waste pickers in selected municipal solid waste disposal sites in Malaysia / Aida Husna Binti Zahariman

Waste production in Malaysia has increased to 30,000 ton per day. It is estimated that 90% of the waste is sent to landfills without any recovery of recyclable materials. This situation provides the waste pickers with a way to make a living by recovering the said materials. The purpose of this study...

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