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MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 66, 2016
The 4th International Building Control Conference 2016 (IBCC 2016)
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| Article Number | 00059 | |
| Number of page(s) | 8 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20166600059 | |
| Published online | 13 July 2016 | |
Sustainable Waste Management for Green Highway Initiatives
1 Department of Built Environment, Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi Mara (Shah Alam), Malaysia
2 Department of Quantity Surveyor, Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Surveying, Universiti Teknologi Mara (Shah Alam), Malaysia
3 Department of Building Surveying, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia
a Corresponding author: nurillianahusin@gmail.com
Green highway initiative is the transportation corridors based on sustainable concept of roadway. It incorporates both transportation functionality and ecological requirements. Green highway also provides more sustainable construction technique that maximizes the lifespan of highway. Waste management is one of the sustainable criterias in the elements of green highway. Construction of highway consumes enormous amounts of waste in term of materials and energy. These wastes need to be reduce to sustain the environment. This paper aims to identify the types of waste produced from highway construction. Additionally, this study also determine the waste minimization strategy and waste management practiced.. This study main focus are construction and demolition waste only. The methodology process begin with data collection by using questionnaire survey. 22 concession companies listed under Lembaga Lebuhraya Malaysia acted as a respondent. The questionnaires were distributed to all technical department staffs. The data received was analyzed using IBM SPSS. The results shows the most production of waste is wood, soil, tree root and concrete. The least production of waste is metal. For waste minimization, the best waste minimization is reuse for all type of waste except for tree root and stump. Whereas, the best waste management is providing strategic plan. The least practice for waste management is recording the quantity of waste.
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