A Review of the Public Policy for Solid Waste Management in Malaysia : An Insight Towards Sustainable Solid Waste Management

Nowadays, policy for solid waste management has become one of crucial policy in many countries. The performance of solid waste management has become a bench mark of sustainability for certain countries. Moreover, solid waste management is one of pivotal indicators to assess quality of life index that developed by United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). In Malaysia, the policy for solid waste management has experienced changes since 1988. The modification and improvement of solid waste management policy in Malaysia has given an opportunity towards sustainability. This article has reviewed the concept of public policy. The concept of public policy would give comprehension regarding the issues and conflicts that related. Besides that, this article also has reviewed the United Nations perspective of public policy for solid waste management. Moreover, the significant of public policy for solid waste management has discussed in this article to give an insight towards sustainable solid waste management in the future