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YAHAYA
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, S.H., HASIB
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, H., KAMELY
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, M.A., MD FAUADI
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, M.H.F. and YUHAZRI
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, M.Y.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka
Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Melaka, MALAYSIA
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iphaeryutem.edu.my
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hazmanutem.edu.my
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kamelyutem.edu.my
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hafidzutem.edu.my
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yuhazriutem.edu.my
1.0 I
NTRODUCTION
Now adays, solid w aste management continues to be view ed as a ser ious topic for Malaysian gover nment. Effect of the alar ming rate of w aste gener ated due to the gr ow in population, affluence and changing lifestyles in
Malaysia, the envir onmental r estr ictions seem to have been encounter ed w hich included the str ingent influence over w aste disposal sites, r esour ce r estr ictions, for instance; emphasizing the aw ar eness of the public about the
depletion of r esour ces natur ally, the natur al disaster s issues such as global w ar ming that caused by the gr een house effect. In other per spectives, the impr oper w aste management w ill face ser ious biohazar ds, occasionally;
it might even cause death. These issues ar e gener ally addr essed as the r oadblock tow ar d the gover nment’s effor ts to attain sustainable development appr oach vision 2020.
Ros 2009 explained that the over all solid w aste gener ated per day is 18000 tones in Malaysia; sadly most of the w astes gener ated ar e dumped illegally and disposed in landfills Figur e 1. Consequently, w aste
management is a vital issue that needs the effectual solutions and r ecycling is alw ays view ed as a cr ucial aspect of an effective and efficient solid w aste management system. Billatos and Basaly 1997 said that r ecycling is the
r euse of pr oducts in the same capacity for w hich they w er e or iginally manufactur ed. While Tchobanoglous et al., 1993 discussed that r ecycling involves thr ee main steps, those ar e 1 the separ ation and collection of w aste
mater ials, 2 the pr epar ation of these mater ials for r euse, r epr ocessing and r emanufactur e and finally 3 the r euse, r epr ocessing and r emanufactur e these mater ials Figur e 2. In addition, pr ocessing plays an impor tant
r ole in impr oving the quality of r ecycling system Tchobanoglous et al., 1993; Ander son and Bor din, 2005; Chenayah et al., 2007. In this study, thr ee r ecyclable mater ials ar e mostly concer ned to explor e such as discs,
paper and plastics. Kosior et al., 1997 found that 10 of the pr oduced discs ar e r ejected and disposed in landfills. Discs contain the non-biodegr adable polycar bonate, heavy metals and har mful dyes w hich lead to the
ser ious pollution pr oblems w hile for the w aste paper s such as old new spaper , car dboar d, high-grade paper and mixed paper Tchobanoglous et al., 1993 as w ell as in plastics have seven families that can be r ecycled Table 1
as mentioned by Vesilind et al., 2002.
Pr esently, ther e is only the existing of the conventional manual r ecycling system for the above mater ials w her eas not for the developed syst em in this study. For the syst em’s uniqueness, Mer it Point Incentive MIP
system has been fully engaged to encour age the public use this E-r ecycling system efficiently. The outlines of this study mainly consist of intr oduction, follow ed by the development of E-r ecycling system model, continued w ith
r esult and discussion and finally conclusion and the r elated suggestions for futur e w or k.
A BSTRA CT
Lately, M alaysians tend to generate wastes at an alarming rate, for instance; discs, paper and plastics. Abreast of that, the conventional recycling systems that have been constructed in M alaysia
typically are not widely marketed and are lacking of practical applications. This study comes with an intention of concentrating on the improvement of this particular conventional renewed E-
recycling system model that includes database system generally known as M erit Point Incentive M PI system and CAD model. Due to its applicability, the model is examined by Linear Static
and Fatigue analyses. The comparison cost efficiency amongst the conventional and E- recycling systems are shown throughout this study.
Key w ords:
Conventional system, E-recycling system, M PI system, CAD model.
E-RECYCLING SYSTEM MODEL AND ITS APPLICATIONS TO PLASTIC, PAPER AND DISC
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Figur e 1 : Almost all landfills in Malaysia ar e open dumps t hat have no pollution contr ol measur es Tan, 2004.
Reduction Reuse
Recycling and composting Incineration
Landfill
Figur e 2 : Hier ar chy of the i ntegr ated soli d w aste management Hei mlich et al., 2009. Table 1: Seven plastic families Vesilind et al., 2002
Code System Chemical Name
Abbr eviation
Polyethylene Ter ephthalate PET PETE
High-Density Polyethylene HDPE
