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Construction waste management methods used by contractors in the northern region
Siti Hafizan Hassan1, Nadira Ahzahar2, Mohd Nasrul Nizam Nasri3, Janidah Eman4.
The construction industry produces a significant amount of building waste. The government is taking action to tackle the problem, such as by introducing a construction waste landfill charge, and promoting prefabrication to reduce onsite waste generation. This paper reports an ongoing study on the use of
construction waste management methods by contractor and its impact on waste reduction in the Northern Region. A questionnaire survey was contractorsadministered waste reduction , and to is
experienced consultancy one of the agencies. major professionals, benefits The results such when as
revealed emphasizing main contractors, thal on construction the sisubzing and amount of materials to be ordered in reducing wastage with the mean response ofnormally practiced toward mostly practiced. Source reduction by accurate estimating and ordering ofmaterials are the methods that are mostly
used by industry participants in minimizing construction waste. But when there are wastes, the respondents prefer to reuse, burn or land fill as the methods for disposing construction waste at their sites. This implies that contractors in the Northern Region try to reduce their construction wastes at the very earliest stage in construction but they like to lise burning as a method of disposing which is not good for the environment.
Affiliation:
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
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