International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 4(9) 2017, Pages: 46-52 Contents lists available at Science-Gate International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences Journal homepage: http://www.science-gate.com/IJAAS.html 46 Multilinear regression analysis on solid waste generation quantity in Malaysia towards sustainable development Faridah Zulkipli 1, *, Zulkifli Mohd Nopiah 2 , Noor Ezlin Ahmad Basri 2 , Cheng Jack Kie 3 , Siti Sarah Januri 4 1 Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perak Branch, Tapah Campus, 35400 Tapah Road, Perak, Malaysia 2 Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 39000 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia 3 Faculty of Industrial Management, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Lebuhraya Tun Razak, 26300 Gambang, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia 4 Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA (Kampus Seremban 3), 73600 Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article history: Received 28 April 2017 Received in revised form 27 July 2017 Accepted 30 July 2017 Inadequate data will affect the efficiency of future planning of solid waste management in order to achieve sustainable development. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of a number of factors, namely GDP, Demand of electricity, Population and Number of Employment, which could be applied to predict the solid waste generation quantities and improve the management of future planning. The data were statistically analyzed by conducting a bivariate analysis and multilinear regression analysis. The results revealed that the GDP, Demand of electricity, Population and Number of Employment reflects the prediction of sustainable solid waste generation. It was found that addition of all predictor variables accounted for 98.9 percent (r = 0.989) changes in the variance in the quantity of solid waste generation. Consequently, the department of solid waste can increase its effectiveness and efficiency in management through the prediction of the quantity of solid waste generation. Keywords: Solid waste generation Solid waste management Sustainable development Correlation analysis Multilinear regression analysis © 2017 The Authors. Published by IASE. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). 1. Introduction *Waste can be defined as unwanted materials which consist of the unwanted materials left over from community or household activities, from industrial process and from agricultural operations. The material may be discarded, accumulated, stored or treated before being disposed and recycled. In recent years, waste has been a problem for many environment impacts of waste pollution. The quantity of solid waste increases rapidly due to increases in economic development, urbanization process and national population (Agamuthu et al., 2009; Badgie et al., 2012; Alias et al., 2014). Moreover, urbanization and waste generation are on-going processes, and the development of the environmental, economic, and social aspects of the country affect them interdependently. Therefore, we can say that the process of urbanization has generally increased the citizens’ standard of living * Corresponding Author. Email Address: faridahzul@tmsk.uitm.edu.my (F. Zulkipli) https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2017.09.006 2313-626X/© 2017 The Authors. Published by IASE. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) and also triggered waste generation (Chua et al., 2011). This increase trend created a critical scenario for the management of solid waste. The use of different strategies has been put in place to solve the problem. It is a more serious condition to be considered in developing countries rather than in developed countries. Developed countries have more sophisticated and systematic ways to handle solid waste management, with advanced technology and full participation from the public, stakeholders, policy makers, and government. In contrast, developing countries faced with lack of systematic approach, insufficient technology, and have less skilled workers for handling matters, as well as less awareness from other parties, such as the public (Budhiarta et al., 2012; Ahsan et al., 2014). The main strategy of solid waste management is to address public health, be environment friendly, optimise utilisation of land and resources, and also address the economic concerns which are associated with improper waste management (Marshall and Farahbakhsh, 2013). Sustainable development in solid waste management is needed to cover all the three factors, which are the environment, the economy and the society. The goal is to achieve