Municipal Solid Waste Management: Towards the Realization of Sustainable Management in the Context of Sri Lanka’s Kandy Municipal Council
Kodagoda Withanage Harshani Chathurika Bandusena1, Shadi Kafi Mallak2, Mohd Armi Abu Samah3
1Kodagoda Withanage Harshani Chathurika Bandusena, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Malaysia University of Science and Technology, Jalan PJU Kota Damansara, Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
2Dr. Shadi Kafi Mallak, Head, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Malaysia University of Science and Technology, Jalan PJU Kota Damansara, Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
3Dr. Mohd Armi Abu Samah, Kulliyyah of Science, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuantan Campus, Pahang.
Manuscript received on 14 June 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 10 July 2019 | Manuscript Published on 17 July 2019 | PP: 266-269 | Volume-8 Issue-1C2 May 2019 | Retrieval Number: A10450581C219/2019©BEIESP
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Abstract: Over the past decade, generation of Municipal Solid Wastes (MSW) in Sri Lanka has increased due to rapid economic growth, industrial and urban development. Thus, the management of MSW in Sri Lanka can be considered relatively poor and inadequate. This study conducted, among residents and workplaces in the Kandy municipal council area. It proposes to study the knowledge, perception, and concern of the respondents. The questionnaires were distributed among 340 respondents. The findings of this study show that only 56.5% of respondents’ have proper knowledge of solid waste management practices. Basically, in at the same time, the results had been showed lack of perception and concern as percentage 59.8% and 60% among considered respondents. The results revealed that there is a lack of knowledge, perception, and concern of respondents towards municipal solid waste management. The study further provides potentials of MSW management system for sustainable environmental development in KMC.
Keywords: Knowledge, Perception, Concern, Municipal Solid Waste Management, Kandy Municipal Council (KMC).
Scope of the Article: Social Sciences