A review of municipal solid waste management in Malaysia

Jurnal Teknologi

Volumn 57, Issue , 2012, Pages 41-56

  Tarmudi, Zamali ^a   Abdullah, Mohd Lazim ^a,b   Md Tap, Abu Osman ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

^c INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Disposal systems; Malaysia; Municipal solid waste (MSW) management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857402859     PISSN: 01279696     EISSN: 21803722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11113/jt.v57.1252     Document Type: Review

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