Barriers and critical success factors towards sustainable hazardous waste management in electronic industries: a review. IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering, 669: 012029. pp. 1-9. ISSN 1757-899X (2019)
Abstract
This study reviews existing literature to determine the barriers and critical success factors (CSFs) towards sustainable hazardous waste management in electronic industries. Sustainable hazardous waste management can considerably reduce the volume of wastes going to landfill sites and can therefore reduce the burden to the environment in terms of pollution prevention and greenhouse gaseous reduction. This goal is achievable through efforts, such as waste recovery, waste-to-energy technology and waste-to-raw material conversion. Hazardous waste in Malaysia mainly comes from recovery facilities, metal refinery, metal finishing and coating, cement manufacturing, petroleum refinery and chemical, electrical and electronic industry. The electrical and electronic industry is a major contributor of hazardous waste generated in Malaysia. Some hazardous wastes, such as heavy metal sludge, generated by electrical and electronic industries can be utilised as alternative fuel for cement industries. The residue produced subsequently can be utilised as raw material for cement manufacturing. Despite the economic and environmental benefits of sustainable hazardous waste management efforts amongst industries, they remain relatively weak. The identified barriers include (1) complexity of legal requirements, (2) lack of systems and tools, (3) hazardous waste quantity and quality, (4) lack of awareness about environmental and sustainability issues, (5) poor partnership/networking, (6) public resistance, (7) financial constraints, (8) lack of information and (9) insufficient environmental resources. Nevertheless, the benefits gained from adopting sustainable hazardous waste management will continuously encourage an increasing number of organisations to devote efforts onto it. The success of this initiative depends on a few critical factors, including (1) readiness of hazardous waste beneficiary, (2) economic and environmental benefits, (3) stakeholders’ pressure, (4) adoption of ISO14001, (5) effects on corporate image, (6) commitment from the top management and (7) incentives and reward.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | Hazardous waste management, Pollution prevention, Greenhouse gaseous reduction, Hazardus waste disposal |
| Taxonomy: | By Subject > Applied Sciences > Environmental Technology |
| Local Content Hub: | Subjects > Applied Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Eza Eliana Abdul Wahid |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Apr 2021 04:24 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Apr 2021 04:24 |
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