Effectiveness in managing waste: the case of Grade One Marine Shipyard Sdn Bhd

Waste Management is about managing the collection, transportation, disposal or recycling and monitoring of waste and as cities build up and population grows, the need to have a proper waste management becomes increasingly vital. Particularly, within the shipbuilding industry, it incorporates the activities of construction, maintenance, and repair that undertake the generation and daily handling of a large amount of toxic materials, fumes and fluids. This paper focuses on the processes within a shipyard alongside its waste generation and the proper ways to manage it. Questionnaires were distributed to Grade One Marine Shipyard respondents in which they have to agree or disagree with the statements concerning waste management implementation and issues arising. Results showed that Grade One is implementing a proper waste management system well and in return has gained more benefit in different terms rather than perceiving waste management as something costly and trivial