© 2012 by MIP 99 PLANNING MALAYSIA Journal of the Malaysian Institute of Planners Volume X (2012), Page 99 - 124 THE CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTES IN KLANG VALLEY, MALAYSIA Muhammad Abu Eusuf 1 , Mansor Ibrahim 2 & Rafikul Islam 3 1&2 Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design & 3 Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA Abstract Numerous activities in construction and demolition (C&D) projects are generally considered as complex and distant that may affect surrounding environment and public health. Construction, remodelling, repairing, refurbishing or demotion works of buildings and other infrastructures such as roads generate huge amounts of hazardous and non-hazardous materials. In the present work, an attempt has been made to highlight a number of issues in C&D waste management in the Klang valley of Malaysia and which then discusses the current traditions of managing those materials in Malaysian perspectives. The paper concludes with a number of recommendations that can help to improve C&D waste management in Malaysia national perspectives. Keywords: Construction and demolition wastes, Waste management, Solid waste, Klang valley of Malaysia, national perspectives. INTRODUCTION Generally, waste is defined as a substance or object which is disposed of or is intended for disposal or is required to be disposed of by the provisions of laws. Wastes are generated in solid, liquid, sludge or gaseous form during the extraction of raw materials, the processing of raw materials into intermediate and final products, the consumption of final products, and many other human activities (Wang, 2010). Due to rapid urbanization and industrialization coupled 1 Associate Professor at the Department of Building and Technology Engineering. Email: abueusuf@iium.edu.my/ eusuf2001@yahoo.com 2 Professor at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning. Email: profmansor@iium.edu.my 3 Professor at the Department of Business Administration. Email: rislam@iium.edu.my