[01] Chiam Chooi Chea, Cluster of Business and Management, Open University Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia. [02] Joshua Tan Juat Huan, School of Mathematical Science, Sunway University, Selangor, Malaysia.

Recycling and waste management is a vital step for a country to ensure the safety and the adequacy space of a country. Recent years, this issue has become a spotlight issues for all countries because if the waste is not separated properly, disorder will occur in landfills, resulting in toxic soup at the bottom, which can contaminate ground water and release explosive methane gas. This paper outlines the issues and challenges in recycling practices in Malaysia, since there is a serious problem of increasing rates of solid waste with corresponding inadequacy of landfills available. Evidence has shown that Malaysia has a low rate of recycling of waste as compared to developed countries. Furthermore, this paper gives an overview of recycling practices with several initiatives conducted by the Malaysian government apart from the socioeconomic factors for waste management in Malaysia. The results of this paper would be able to provide insights to the policy makers in introducing appropriate awareness campaign to the respective targeted group communities.

Recycling Practices, Waste Management, Socioeconomic

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