Enhancing construction health and safety through the practices of reuse and recycle in waste management among Malaysian contractors

Abstract

This paper contributes towards an overview of adoption level of reuse and recycles practice in Malaysia construction companies. Reuse and recycles practice includes in the activities of waste management. During the previous decades, waste of construction materials has become a serious issue as it contributes towards harm pollution for environment and human being. However, the practice of reuse and recycle of construction waste in developing countries such as Malaysia still at infancy level. Hence, this study focus to gain a local contractor perspective regarding the current level adoption of reuse and recycle implementation in construction sector. A survey method is employed through quantitative method by target the contractor’s organization located in Peninsular of Malaysia as a unit analysis. The findings of this study indicate that majority of the construction companies have awareness towards implementation of policy, method and procedure of reuse and recycle practices. Thus, it shows that the current level of adoption reuse and recycle practice in Malaysia construction companies getting better compared previously.