Illigeal Dumping Site: Case Study in the District of Johor Bahru Tengah, Johor

Abstract

Problems on solid waste management become a global and universal issue nowadays. Inefficient management of solid waste has introduced new problem to the environment. Lately we heard and saw a lot of problem regarding illegal dumping sites which make our environment become unhealthy. This case study is focussing on collecting data on which areas are prone to be an illegal dumping site and types of solid waste being dumped. This case study is done in the district of Johor Bahru which is under the Majlis Perbandaran Johor Bahru (MPJBT) authority. Literature review, site visit and public survey have beendone to obtain all the data. 46 illegal dumping were visited during the research. From the data, it is clearly seen that most of the illegal dumping site are located near to the road’s side corridor. The wastes are mainly come from the domestic waste followed by construction waste and industrial waste which contributes 51%, 42% and 7% respectively.