Faculty of Sciences and Technologiesemestre January / 2014OumH 2103antse for scientific purposes and technical and technical purposes n.: 820908025261002 Identity of identity N.: 820908025261numero tel. : 0125770772E-MAIL : [email protected] CENTER: SABAH LEARNING CENTER Domestic waste management is a major challenge in urban areas around the world. Without an efficient and effective household waste management system, waste generated by households will have a negative impact on the environment and human health. Therefore, waste generation, resource availability and environmental conditions must be included in the development of an adequate household waste management system. Household waste can be defined as solid waste which includes waste and garbage, such as cans, bottles, clothing, food packaging, newspapers, etc., which come from private houses or apartments. Following numerous complaints about the lack of cleanliness, in the mid-1990s the federal government decided that waste management would be handled by private companies, as shown in Table 1.0 divided into four zones. Area States Manager (private company) Northern Zone Perlis, Kedah, Penang, Perak E.Idaman Central Zone Selangor, Pahang, Terengganu, Kelantan, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya Alam Flora Southern Zone Negeri Sembilan, Malacca, Johor Southern Waste Management Eastern Zone Sabah, Sarawak Not yet namedTable 1.0: Waste management zones and their managersBased on According to data, the Ministry of Housing and Local Government says Malaysia generates around 18,000 tonnes of solid waste per day. The data provided based on the amount of waste is generally collected at the entrance to the land...... middle of the 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) Kudos to 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 domestic waste management. Journal of Sustainable Development, Vol.3(3),2010. Retrieved from; http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jsd/article/view/7323/. On 02/20/2014 Jayashree.S.et all. Solid waste management in Malaysia: a step towards sustainability. Retrieved from; http://www.intechopen.com/download/get/type/pdf.