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The role of GIS in solid waste
management.Malaysia as a case study, lesson for Nigeria
The role of Geographic Information Systems
(GIS)in solid waste management is very large as
many aspects of its planning and operations are
highly dependent on spatial data. In general, GIS
plays a key role in maintaining account data to
facilitate collection operations; customer service;
analyzing optimal locations for transfer stations;
planning routes for vehicles transporting waste
from residential, commercial and industrial
customers to transfer stations and from transfer
stations to landfills; locating new landfills and
monitoring the landfill. GIS is a tool that not only
reduce time and cost of the site selection, but
also provide a digital data bank for future
monitoring program of the site.
Many companies work in the filed of solid waste
management in Malaysia have allocated budget
for GIS. For example, Alam Flora Sdn. Bhd.
(AFSB) is a company responsible for the
collection, transportation, and disposal of 70% of
Malaysia's solid waste. It has taken an initiative
to setup a GIS like ArcInfo and ArcView as key
components for managing its information