FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYJANUARY SEMESTER / 2014OUMH 2103ENGLISH FOR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PURPOSES REGISTRATION NO.: 820908025261002IDENTITY CARD NO. : 820908025261PHONE NUMBER. : 0125770772E-MAIL : [email protected] CENTER: SABAH LEARNING CENTER Household waste management is a major issue in urban areas around the world. Without an effective and efficient household waste management system, waste generated by households will have a negative impact on the environment and human health. Thus, waste generation, resource availability and environmental conditions must be understood when developing an appropriate household waste management system. Household waste can be defined as solid waste including trash and garbage, such as cans, bottles, clothes, food wrappers, newspapers, etc., from private houses or apartments. Following numerous complaints about lack of cleanliness, the federal government decided in the mid-1990s that waste management would be handled by private companies which are shown in Table 1.0 and divided into four zones.Zone States Manager (company private)Zone North Perlis, Kedah, Penang, Perak E.IdamanCentral Zone Selangor, Pahang, Terengganu, Kelantan, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya Alam FloraSouth Zone Negeri Sembilan, Malacca, Johor Southern Waste ManagementEastern Zone Sabah, Sarawak Not yet designatedTable 1.0: Zones of waste management and their managersBased on According to data, the Ministry of Housing and Local Government says that Malaysia generates about 18,000 tonnes/day of solid waste. The data provided based on the quantity of waste is generally collected at the entrance to the land...... middle of paper ...... from; http://eprints.utm.my/27803/1/MohdrazmanSalim1994problemsAndChallengesofSolidWasteManagement.pdf on 02/16/2014Lisa.AS (2007) Variable rate waste management. Retrieved from ; http://reason.org/Files/a4e176b96ff713f3dec9a3336cafd71c.pdf.on 12/03/2014Nooralisa B. & Siti.SM (2011) Congratulations on Malaysia's Plastic Bag Day campaign. Bernama. Retrieved from ; http://envdevmalaysia.wordpress.com/2011/02/07/kudos-for-Malaysias-no-plastic-bag-day-campaign/.on 26/02/2014Md.Abdul.J (2010) Sustainable development in Malaysia : A case study on household waste management. Journal of Sustainable Development, Vol.3(3),2010. Retrieved from ; http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jsd/article/view/7323/. 02/20/2014Jayashree.S.and all. Solid Waste Management in Malaysia – A Step Towards Sustainability. Retrieved from ; http://www.intechopen.com/download/get/type/pdf.