Scheduled waste is defined as hazardous waste in Malaysia. It can come from healthcare, industry, agriculture, and households. Sources of scheduled waste include expired drugs, chemical wastes, pesticides, and fluorescent lights. Hazardous waste is characterized by its ignitability, corrosivity, toxicity, reactivity, or infectiousness. In the 1980s, Malaysia lacked scheduled waste facilities, leading to improper dumping. The government now regulates scheduled waste management and disposal through laws and policies to protect the environment and human health. Facilities include transportation, secure landfills, incineration plants, and physical/chemical treatment plants. However, challenges remain regarding the high costs of proper disposal and illegal dumping of untreated waste.

1. SCHEDULE WASTE
MANAGEMENT IN MALAYSIA
ANIS SYAFIQAH BINTI AMAR (1716412)

2. SCHEDULE WASTE MANAGEMENT
• Define as hazardous waste.
• Any unwanted matters whether in solid, semi solid, liquid or gas which if
emitted, released, deposited or discharged to environment, can be
potential hazard to human and environment.
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3. SOURCES OF SCHEDULE WASTE
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Sources of schedule waste can be from :
• Health
- Produces medical waste such as expired drugs,
chemical wastes, radioactive dyes and sharps
waste
• Industrial and Manufacturing
- Chemical materials
• Agricultural
- Pesticides, herbicides and fertilizer which can
contaminate the surface of water and underground
water
• Households
- Fluorescent light, toxic paints, pesticides, solvents

4. HAZARDOUS
WASTE
CHARACTERISTICS
• Hazardous waste defined by following the
characteristics which are :
- Ignitability
- Corrosivity
- Toxicity
- Reactivity
- Infectious or pathogenic
• Table 1 shows the characteristics of
hazardous waste
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Table 1: The characteristics of hazardous wastes

6. 6Table 1: The characteristics of hazardous wastes (cont.)

7. MALAYSIAN SCHEDULED WASTE MANAGEMENT AND
POLICY
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• In 1980, there were no scheduled waste facilities in Malaysia which led to waste
dumping in the refuse disposal sites.
• Improper management of scheduled wastes leads to contamination of
groundwater and surface water, and air pollution which cause adverse effects on
the environment and human health.
• Malaysia government strengthened the regulations related to scheduled waste by
promote tax rebate to companies who comply regulations and introduced
penalties to those not compliant with regulations.
• Malaysia also developed legal provision related to schedule waste such as:
- Environmental Quality (Scheduled Wastes) Regulations 2005 (Amendment)
2007
- Provision in Section 34B, Environmental Quality Act 1974

8. SCHEDULED WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES
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• In Malaysia, Kualiti Alam had established the centralized integrated scheduled
waste management center. They responsible for waste collection, transportation,
treatment and final disposal of hazardous wastes.
• The facilities of schedule waste are transportation of the scheduled wastes, secure
landfill, incineration plant ,off-site physio-chemical waste treatment facilities , etc.
• Incineration plant – require thermal treatment for destruction efficiency (eg :
rotary kiln)
• Physical & Chemical Treatment Plant (PCT) – handle all types of inorganic liquid
wastes, usually used combination solidification process
• Secured Landfill –placed after the scheduled wastes treated, equipped with
monitoring sensor to prevent contamination to the environment

9. CHALLENGE OF SCHEDULED WASTE IN MALAYSIA
• Cost of dispose the scheduled waste are quite
expensive and therefore, lo of illegal dumping cases
in Malaysia
• Example : Sungai Kim-Kim – air pollution(methane,
toluene, xylene etc.) infected 5000 people including
hundreds of students and children.
• Improper knowledge on schedule waste handling
transmit lot of disease
• No proper disposal mechanism that has been
introduced to encourage the public to discard e-waste
properly in Malaysia.
• Consequently, they tend to dispose e-waste in
incinerators or solid waste landfills together with other
wastes

10. CONCLUSION
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• Close monitoring industries needed to ensure all waste generators following the
regulations stated under the EQA 1974.
• A lot of challenges to be tackled to reduce illegal dumping and incompliance of
regulations.
• Cradle to cradle is the most sustainable approach for Malaysia and can only be
achieved if the waste generators can give commitment and cooperation for
government’s target.
Impacts of
scheduled wastes
to environment
and human health