SEMESTER A191 SESSION 2019/2020

GHOT 3043 HOUSEKEEPING (A)

ASSIGNMENT 1

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN HOTEL

PREPARED TO: SIR MUHAMMAD FAUZI MOKHTAR

PREPARED BY: NURUL FADHILAH ABDUL HAK (247209)

Submition Date on 24/october/2019

 Table of Contents

1.0 Introduction of Waste Management …………………………………………. 1

2.0 Benefit of Waste Management ………………………………………………… 2

2.1 Reduce solid waste …………………………………………………........... ….. 2

3.0 Conclusion ……………………………………………………………………... 3

4.0 Bibliography …………………………………………………………………... 4

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN HOTEL

1.0 Introduction of Waste Management

According to Vandana Bharti, Jaspal Singh, A.P. Singh (2017), the system of waste

management restricts the use and reuse of products to the highest level. Source reduction starts

with increasing the quantity of waste generated and reusing materials to avoid waste streaming.

So the "reuse" phase will not generate waste until the end. The waste must be collected when

produced. The most effective way of treating waste is known as resource recovery from waste in

the form of recycling and composting. The local hotel will begin to work with its suppliers in

order to promote the separation of sources. While this is being done and reused, steps are

required to deal with the waste that will be generated and generated in the future.
2.0 Benefit of Waste Management

2.1 Reduce solid waste

A benefit of going green at home is that it helps reduce wastage. The main waste

reduction techniques are source reduction, recycle, and recycling while determining the

types of methods to be implemented in order to reduce the amount of solid waste

disposed of.

Source reduction means reducing the total amount of materials used and therefore

the total amount of waste generated (Bohdanowicz, 2006). It is the most effective way to

prevent waste. The highest priority in the hierarchy of solid waste management is to

reduce the source. The question of wasteful product use is not addressed by recycling

itself. However, waste purchases and use of products are minimized when recycling is

coupled with the reduction in sources. Reduce or reuse first and then recycle whenever

possible.

Approximately, the annual solid waste produced is about 7.34 million tons in

Malaysia and the local authorities spend up to 60% of their annual waste management

budget, which the country costs to collect and disposing of 1 ton of waste between

RM110 (USD33) and RM130 (USD 39) (Ramayah, Lee, et Mohamad, 2010). According

to Hussein and Mona (2018), he handling of waste from plastics is a major global

environmental issue. Asia, the United States and Japan produce 50 million tons of post-

consumer plastic waste annually. The disposal in landfill of those plastics waste are

known to be environmentally harmful.

 By avoiding the production of a new product in the first place, choosing products

that have fewer associated wastes or reusing products, waste prevention avoids the

creation of waste at each stage of the product’s life. Waste prevention is the most

powerful method communities can use to reduce the impact of the products user’s buy

and use. When the businesses re-use or give their unwanted items for recycling, it helps

reduce waste products that could have otherwise ended up in the incinerators and

landfills. Recyclable products last longer than other products which can save on money

used for repair and maintenance. When the business recycle products as well as create

Do-it-Yourself (DIY) items, the business not only reduce wastage, but they also become

more creative which helps create new products consistently and thus reduce the cost of

buying new products. Buying recycled products is also much cheaper and helps save on

production costs since it would have been costly to create new products from fresh and

virgin raw materials (Vandana et al, 2017).

According to Pradeep., M. D, & Suresh A Kuckian, Akhilesh. (2017), Green

products are less harmful and prone to recycling. Organization can reduce production

cost by installing recycling units within the plants to reduce discharge quantity of

wastage to the environment.

The cost-effective disposal option should be considered as recycling. It usually

requires lesser subsidies from government than waste or incineration. It saves natural

resources and contributes to environmental protection. The real underlying factors of

recycling are lower taxes, savings in energy and a cleaner environment. Green activities,

more often than not, save hotels long-term money. Investing in a more environmentally

friendly approach does not only lead to more sales but also to more conservation. More
revenue at less cost, it’s a win-win for green hotels. So, according to J. Singh, R Saxena,

V Bharti, and A Singh, (2018), the increased number of green hotels has been driven by

the focusing on environmental issues, especially in the tourism sector.

3.0 Conclusion

The major waste reduction strategies are source reduction, reuse, recycling, and

composting. The rising generation of solid waste raised the burden of high regional budget costs.

Land-fills as waste management methods are the most used and cheapest disposal of solid waste.

Although the hotel agrees that landfill waste is the most cost-effective disposal method, they also

agree that more recycling and resource reduction should be achieved to reduce the ongoing need

for landfills. In particular, companies in the region have no requirement or motivation to recycle

other than product appeal, which does not automatically enable them to engage in these

activities.
4.0 Bibliography

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Going Green in Existing Buildings., Vol.1, No.1
Vandana Bharti, Jaspal Singh, A.P. Singh (2017) A Review on Solid Waste Management
Methods and Practices in India. Trends in Biosciences 10(21). 4065 – 406
J Singh, R Saxena, V Bharti, and A Singh. The Importance of Waste Management to
Environmental Sanitation: A Review. Adv. Biores., Vol 9 [2] March 2018.202-207.
Pradeep., M. D, & Suresh A Kuckian, Akhilesh. (2017). Going Green in Business - A Study on
the Eco-friendly Initiatives towards Sustainable Development in India. International
Journal of Applied Engineering and Management Letters (IJAEML), 1(2), 40-50. DOI:
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Hussein I. Abdel-Shafy a, Mona S.M. Mansour. (2018) Review on Solid waste issue: Sources,
composition, disposal, recycling, and valorization.Egyption Jurnal of Petroleum 27. DOI:
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