Sanitary Landfills: Toward Sustainable Development - lumes
Sanitary Landfills: Toward Sustainable Development - lumes
Sanitary Landfills: Toward Sustainable Development - lumes
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List of Tables<br />
Table Title<br />
Table 1 Criteria for different stages of site selection<br />
Table 2 The current state of MSW incineration<br />
Table 3 Waste composition of selected cities/towns in Malaysia<br />
Table 4 Types of landfills in Peninsular Malaysia<br />
LUMES 2000-2001<br />
<strong>Sanitary</strong> <strong>Landfills</strong>: <strong>Toward</strong> <strong>Sustainable</strong> <strong>Development</strong><br />
Table 5 Typical composition of landfill gas 20<br />
List of Figures<br />
Figure Title<br />
Figure 1 Causal-loop diagram<br />
Figure 2 GDP growth rate and urbanisation rate in Malaysia<br />
Figure 3 Total population and total solid waste generated in Malaysia<br />
Figure 4 Malaysia solid waste characteristic (% by weight)<br />
Abbreviation<br />
DUCED Danish University Consortium for Environment and <strong>Development</strong><br />
GDP Gross domestic product<br />
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change<br />
MHLGM Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Malaysia<br />
MSW Municipal solid waste<br />
NIMBY Not in my backyard<br />
OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and <strong>Development</strong><br />
RCEP Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution<br />
UNESC United Nations Economic and Social Council<br />
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change<br />
USEPA United States Environmental Protection Agency<br />
VOC Volatile organic compound<br />
WHO World Health Organization<br />
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