Establishing
Zero Waste
Communities
By Phee Boon Poh
Kawasaki Business ForumFebruary 2014

Contents•Source Separation Law
1. Changing the •Waste Generator Pays Principle
rules

2. GroundImplementation•Highrise communities•Zero Waste Communities andactivities

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CHANGING THE RULES
By-Laws & Regulations
1. Source Separation By-laws
2.Waste Generator Pays PrincipleWaste Separation at Source
By-Law(a)to encourage and facilitate the maximum recycling
practicable on the part of each and every household,business, apartment complex, industry, and institution withinState of Penang;(b)
to establish, implement, and enforce minimum
recycling-related practices and procedures to be
applicable to all Waste Generators, Waste
Haulers/Recyclable Collectors, and Materials Recovery
Facilities/Recycling Facilities located within municipality;
and(c)
to require onsite Source Separation by each andevery Waste Generator within Penang Island Municipal
Council and the Seberang Perai Municipal Council and toensure that those Recyclable Materials that are Source
Separated are recycled properly and kept separate fromSolid Waste.

5} MSW} E-waste

Waste streams
Covered} C&D} Paper / paperproducts} Plastics} Metals} Class} Organic Waste} Organic Waste} Green Waste} Food waste} Animal Waste} Carcass} Dung} Excavation waste /marine clay} Broken Glass} Wood} Concrete} Metal} Other Organic waste} Other Mixed Waste

Stakeholders} Domestic

6Centres} Highrise} Markets} Kampung} Farms} Landed} Turf Club} Institutional} Others} Schools} Recycling Business} Universities /Colleges} Collectors} Hospitals} NGOs} Government} CBOs} Industrial} Schools} Commercial} Other collectors} Shoplots} Traders} Hotels / Inns / Guest Houses} Processorsetc} Convertors} Restaurants} Food Courts / Hawkers

WASTE GENERATOR PAYS PRINCIPLE

Proposed Mechanism forFinal Disposal of Commercial &Industrial Waste

OBJECTIVES
1.

2.

3.

Document and set up a database on thequantity and types of waste from theCommercial & Industrial sector at the landfill.
Monitor the proper disposal of such waste tocurb illegal dumping from the Commercial &Industrial sector.
Provide a mechanism for the local
authorities to implement the “generators
pay principle” where waste generators willbear the cost of final disposal instead of thelocal authorities saving the costs of SolidWaste Management.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Save SWM final disposal costs
IncomefromTO
issuanceof permits
BENEFITLOCALAUTHORITIES
Additional income from tipping fees
Leverage on private sector to collect data forCommercial & Industrial database
Cost of GPS monitoring and tracking system borne
and operated by private sector
Private sector to monitor illegal dumping ofCommercial & Industrial waste.

FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN STAKEHOLDERS• Approves & Issues
permits to hauler on
per track basis (Min: 1mth; Max: 1 yr)• 4 plys - Hauler/Council/ WG/ LFO• Verify andcountercheck yearlyamount and type ofCommercial &Industrial waste
disposed at the landfill.
• Renew WG yearlybusiness license

Shares waste generator
data
Submits online application
with waste generation
data

Local
Authorities(MPPP /MPSP)

Issues Business
LicenseIssuespermits

Penang
GreenCouncil(PGC)

Waste
Generator

Shares waste generator
data
Applies forpermits• Applies for permits• Purchase debit card• Informs Waste
Generator• Install GPS systemon trucks• Returns copy ofwaste ticket to WG
for verification

ServiceProvider(Hauler)

Sells Debit Card
Installs GPS System

Purchases
Debit Card

State SWM
Control
Centre /LandfillOperator• Collate data for
their “Zero Waste
Network”• Match makebetweengenerator &recycler• Submitscompletedapplication
online via
Council’s
website• Annual data
update on
business license
renewal• Issuance of ID
card• Sales of Debit
card (Touch n Gosystem)• Install GPS
tracking device
for haulers• Issue wastetickets

Ground
ImplementationUNEP/WORLD BANK
Highrise Pilot Project Locations

Penang Island

Taman Pelangi Medium Cost Apartments

River Road Low Cost Flats

Spring Condominium, Jelutong
Source: www.penangproperties.com

Seberang Perai

Ampangan Low Cost Flats

Park View Condo, Harbour Place, Butterworth
Taman Pandan , Butterworth
Source: propertyguru.com.my

Organic Waste DiversionApproach
1.
2.
3.
4.

Processing the food / kitchen waste on site witha food waste processing machine,
Diverting food / kitchen waste for community
composting,Diverting food / kitchen waste to an existingorganic waste treatment facility andA combination of methodologies (2) and (3).

Organic Waste Diversion Centres

Bagan Ajam Wet Market Food Waste
Processing Plant

Taman Pelangi On-site Food Waste Processing Plant

Methodology
Design Element
Objective

Operational level

Description
Promote separation of waste at source and achieve both a high rate
and good quality of separation by households, through the provisionof adequate incentives at the neighbourhood level.
Outputs

Verification
process
Incentive payment






Timeline

Highrise Management Committees (HMCs) would promote
household-level waste separation.
Outreach and mobilization to change residents’ behaviour would beundertaken by each HMC, without external involvement.
High rate of source separation of recyclable, organic and hazardous
waste by households.
High quality of the source separated material.
Both quantity and quality scores would be assigned for food waste.
The neighbourhood overall score (NOS) would be calculated basedon the sum of individual quantity and quality scores.
The incentive to be paid to a HMC would be based on the NOS
calculated by the PIU, up to the pre-determined maximum of thepotential neighbourhood incentive (PNI).
No incentive would be given to HMCs that do not achieve a certain
minimum score (MS).
Each HMC would decide for itself how to make use of the proceedsfrom incentive payments received as grants from the municipal
government.
Program cycles of six months each, with two cycles every year.
Within each cycle, an evaluation period would run for four months,
from the second to the fifth months of the cycle

BUILDING ZERO WASTE COMMUNITIESPremise on Penang Island
Landed Properties :High Rise:
Shop lot:

818
1,213
48

Estimated Generation of Waste:
2,031 x 5 x 1.1 kg = 11.17 ton perday
Estimated Generation of Organic
Waste: 33% x 11.17 ton = 3.68 tonper day

BUILDING ZERO WASTE COMMUNITIESTzu Chi Community Recycling CentreZero Waste Programme in Seberang
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Involved in Zero Waste Programme;} Taman Bagan Lalang} Permatang Nibong village} Taman Tambun Indah} Taman Keenways} Taman Desa Damai} Taman Putri Gunung} Kampung Aman
} Taman Gemilang} Taman Pandan21ZERO WASTE PROGRAMME(COMMUNITY)

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Green Schools Award

2012- 53 schools
2013- 84 schools23Giving Talks onComposting
At School

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BRIEFING ON SOAPPRODUCTION USINGUSED COOKING OIL

Education & AwarenessConclusion}Your Environment , Your

Ownership}Focus on the waste generator
and not on the wastegenerated!
}Waste generators must pay!

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CHALLENGES Lack of technology and funding to promote andincrease awareness to change people’s behaviour
KEY SUCCESS FACTOR
 Education and awareness on cleanliness
OUTCOME A

CLEAN, BEAUTIFUL AND COMFORTABLE PLACE TO STAY,WORK AND INVESTMENT ATTRACTION

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Hj. Zulkifli b. Zakaria - MPPP