Solid Waste Management in
Jeram Sanitary Landfill Malaysia
Presented for New Environmental Engineering II Advanced
(Air Pollution & Solid Waste) E-Lecture Course , Malaya,Semester 2, 2015
Kyoto University, Tsinghua University & University of Malaya
Mohd Afzanizam Muda ,University of Malaya Kuala Lumpur
Quick facts : Jeram Sanitary Landfill
Location : Lot 2958,2959 & 1598 Tuan Mee Estate, Jeram,
Kuala Selangor
Operation : Worldwide Landfills Sdn Bhd
Current status : In Operation
Design Capacity : 1,250 tonne per day/8 million cubic meter
airspace
Design Lifespan : 16 years
Current Capacity : 2,500 tonne per day
Area : 160 acres
Concession : 25 years with State Government of Selangor
Date of commencement : 1
st
January 2007
Site Facilities : Waste Reception Area, Site office,Weighbridge,
Leachate Treatment Plant, Waste Cell,
Gas Flaring Unit
Type of waste received
Tipping fees (domestic &
Commercial waste)
:
:
Domestic waste (95%), Others (5%)
RM55/tonne (2015). Minimum waste load 0.5
tonne
Current customers : Municipality Council (Shah Alam
Petaling Jaya,Subang Jaya,Klang,Kuala
Selangor, Ampang & Private waste collector
INSTALLATION OF
GAS WELL HEAD
Screening Tree 16 Capping 8
Weighing Bridge 15 Gas Well for Landfill Gas 7
Operation Office 14 Leachate Drainage Pipe 6
Landfill Gas Power Generation
Plant
13 Leachate Collection
System
5
Leachate Treatment Plant (LTP) 12 Lining System 4
Perimeter Drainage System 11 Groundwater Monitoring 3
Leachate Pumping Sump 10 Surface Run-off Drainage 2
Restored Surface 9 Perimeter Fencing 1
RECEIVING OF WASTE COMPACTION OF WASTE GAS WELLS DRILLING
GAS WELLS SYSTEM
LANDFILL GAS MEASUREMENT
GAS WELLS
GAS PIPING SYSTEM
TNB SUBSTATION
ENGINES
GAS DELIVERY UNIT (GDU)
Jeram Sanitary Landfill Management
Waste composition in JSL.
Type of Waste Waste
sampling
amount
(tonne/day)
Waste
composition
(% wet weight
basis)
Typical waste
composition in
developing
countries
(World Bank,
2012, %)
Typical waste
composition in
developed
countries
(World Bank,
2012, %)
Organic Waste 52.3 32.4 58 50
Paper 21 13 15* 20*
Soft Plastic 18.6 11.5 - -
Hard Plastic 13.8 8.5 11* 9*
Soft Paper 11.6 7.2 - -
Debris 10 6.2 - -
Glass 9.7 6 2 3
Wood 9 5.6 2.9 -
Textile 6 3.7 1.3 -
Tin/Alloy 4.3 2.4 - -
Polystyrene 1.9 1.2 - -
Aluminium Cans 1.6 1 - -
Electronics (Wires) 0.5 0.3 - -
Metal 0.4 0.3 3 5
Sanitary
waste(diapers, etc)
0.7 0.7 - -
TOTAL
161.4 100 - -
Cumulative waste disposed into JSL from 2007 to
June 2013
Year
Tonnage
Per year Per day
2007 569,561 1560
2008 730,547 2001
2009 752,547 2061
2010 740,063 2027
2011 736,644 2018
2012 819,840 2246
2013(until June) 436,237 2390
CUMULATIVE 4,785,439 12,903
Leachate characteristics
Parameter Concentration EQA 1974
(Leachate Standard 2009)
Std A Std B
pH 7.45±0.1 6-9 5.5-9
Temperature (
o
C) 25.96±0.15 40 40
Salinity (CaO
3) 0.236±0.02
Conductivity (CaCO
3) ppm 457±23.5
Turbidity 4143.33±7.63
Dissolved Oxygen (mg/l) 4.30±0.09
BOD (mg/l) 1540±223.17 20 50
COD (mg/l) 47300±2454.2 120 200
Total Suspended Solid (TSS)
(mg/l)
0.0066±0.01
Total Dissolve Solid (TDS) 1731.66±7.63 50 100
Chloride (mg/l Cl-) 46.66±5.77
Alkalinity (mg/l CaCO
3) 90±10.8
Hardness (mg/l Ca & Mg) 1.10±0.01
Total Organic Carbon (TOC) 6.84±0.5
Total Kjehdahl Nitrogen (mg/l
TKN)
2.5±0.5
LFG generation rate and capture rate in JSL from
2009 until 2021 (JSL Management, 2013)