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5.
6 : APPLICATION OF GREEN
TECHNOLOGY
IN INDUSTRIAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
Development of Green Technology
● The introduction of National Green Technology Policy in 2009 has paved a

way for a wider utilisation of Green Technology in various sectors in
Malaysia.
● Community awareness towards environmental pollution and climate change

has sped up the efforts in producing and utilising Green Technology while
sustainably managing resources.
Green Technology is a technology or application developed to minimise the

negative effects of harmful human activities.
• Malaysia Green Technology and Climate Change Centre, which is also known as
GreenTech Malaysia, is a government agency responsible for initiating various
programmes and incentives to encourage the adoption of Green Technology in
various economic sectors in Malaysia.
• The usage of Green Technology is not solely limited to the industrial sector but it
is very broad across various aspects of life.
• In applications involving manufacturing of products or services, the use of

technology with environmentally friendly approachesis adopted starting from the
utilisation and management of resources to waste management.
Main Green Technology sectors in Malaysia and Examples
01
Energy supply
02
Transportation
Renewable energy such as solar, hydro,
Vehicles using alternative fuels.
geothermal and wind.
03
Buildings
04
Waste and Wastewater Management
Use of environmentally friendly building Recycling and Landfill Leachate Treatment
materials and energy saving buildings. Method.
05
Agriculture and Forestry
06
Industry
Use of compost and forest preservation. Use of energy efficient tools and technology.
Green Technology in Waste and Wastewater Management
• Green Technology is utilised in waste and wastewater

management with the aim of ensuring more efficient
waste management, reduction in greenhouse gases
emission and removal of cleaner wastewater.
• The carbon footprints can also be indirectly reduced

and various alternative methods in managing waste
and wastewater can be explored through Green
Technology.
• Green Technology approaches in waste and

wastewater management are shown in Figure 5.24.
Waste Management
• Rapid developments and growth in population have
contributed to large quantities of generated solid waste or
rubbish. If not properly managed, the quality of life and
public health will be affected.
• Waste management does not only involve local

authorities, but all communities also need to play a role in
ensuring the effectiveness of waste management, especially
solid wastes.
Figure 5.25 shows the stages in waste management.
Wastewater Management
• Wastewater is a liquid waste that consists of human waste,food waste, oil and
chemicals.Wastewater can be divided into domestic wastewater, stormwater
runoff and industrial wastewater.
• Compared to domestic wastewater and stormwater runoff, industrial
wastewater may contain acrylonitrile, methylbenzene, toluene and heavy
metals, such as arsenic, mercury and lead.
• These hazardous chemicals are difficult to decompose biologically and
require more systematic treatments so that they will not pollute the
environment nor affect human health.
• Landfill Leachate Treatment Method by using the electrolysis principle, which is also
known as electrocoagulation process, is a Green Technology approach that can be used to
treat wastewater, including industrial wastewater.
• Carbon or copper electrodes are used while wastewater is the electrolyte in the
electrocoagulation process. Pollutants will form flocs and can be isolated from water and then
removed as sludge.
• After proper treatment, sludge can be used as fertilisers for the agricultural sector or
disposed of by appropriate methods depending on the composition of the materials contained
in sludge.
• Wastewater that has been treated can be reused for crop irrigation, or discharged as effluent.
Steps in wastewater treatment are briefly shown in Figure 5.26.
The Importance of Green Technology in Life
• Green Technology has trailblazed a new chapter in the field of technology with
more
environmentally friendly approaches without neglecting the original purpose of
technology.
This development contributes to the economic sector of the country through the
creation of new
industrial sectors and employment opportunities based on Green Technology.
• Environmental pollution can be reduced and management of resources will be

more efficient and well organised.

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● The introduction of National Green Technology Policy in 2009 has paved a

● Community awareness towards environmental pollution and climate change

Green Technology is a technology or application developed to minimise the

• In applications involving manufacturing of products or services, the use of

• Green Technology is utilised in waste and wastewater

• The carbon footprints can also be indirectly reduced

• Green Technology approaches in waste and

• Waste management does not only involve local

• Environmental pollution can be reduced and management of resources will be

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