The Assessment of Waste Segregation Exercise Among Malaysian Contractors: A Descriptive Analysis

Q2 Engineering

Journal of Design and Built Environment Pub Date : 2022-04-29 DOI:10.22452/jdbe.vol22no1.5

Zainon N., Myeda Myeda, N. N.E, Aniza A.B, Chuing L.S, F. MOHD-RAHIM, Zyed Z.A., Harumain Y.A.S, Lim. M.Z

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Construction waste that emerges from construction sites has become a major global concern due to its negative carbon footprint on the environment. Due to underrepresented construction waste specific data in Malaysia, this paper aims to identify sources, causes, types of construction waste and decision-making factors of construction waste management in Malaysia's construction sites. A questionnaire survey was administered to 60 construction practitioners representing different construction sites in Peninsular Malaysia. A descriptive analysis using the Relative Importance Index (RII) was used to rank the items asked in the survey and categorised them into high (RII>70%), medium (50%

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Journal of Design and Built Environment Engineering-Architecture

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1.70

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16 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Design and Built Environment (JDBE) is a SCOPUS-indexed and free open access publication by the Faculty of Built Environment, University of Malaya. Published biannually, JDBE usually contains four academic papers of wide-ranging topics reporting on issues in the built environment, i.e. architecture and design including landscape architecture, urban and regional planning and studies, building and quantity surveys and real estate studies and management.

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