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SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

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SITE VISIT REPORT AT BUKIT TAGAR
SANITARY LANDFILL

ELFFIE BIN YUNUS

CE090607

MOHAMAD AZRUL FAIZAL BIN MOHAMAD RAZALI

CE090852

LECTURE: DR.GASIM

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION...1
OBJECTIVE OF THE VISIT .........1
LOCATION OF SITE...............................................................1
DESIGN AND FACILITIES...5
THE WASTE PROCESS IN BTSL

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APPENDIX..12

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INTRODUCTION
A site visit for the solid management engineering class was organized by Dr Gasim on 4 August
2015. The location of the site visit was at Bukit Tagar Hulu Selangor. A total of approximately 30
students attended the site visit. The agenda of the visit consist of some briefing on presentation
given by the person in charge. At the end of the briefing, there was a questioning and answering
session between the student and the host. Countless valuable information was shared among both
parties regarding the visit especially on the operation of the project.
OBJECTIVE OF THE VISIT
The purpose of this site visit is to provide the students with some knowledge and ideas on how
the sanitary landfill being handled. The understanding of sanitary landfill would be good basis
for student in order to practice in future. Besides the awareness on how important the
management of solid waste can be increase and this site visit can assist the students on
knowledge for the preparation of their future career.
LOCATION OF SITE
The Bukit Tagar landfill is situated on parts of Lots 25, 36 and 37 of Ladang Sg Tinggi in Mukin
Sg Tinggi, Daerah Hulu Selangor. The landfill is approximately 50 km north of Kuala Lumpur
and it is a developed on 700 acres land area with 1000 acres of buffer zone. The location also
surrounded by palm plantation. It is a sanitary landfill and it started operation in 2007. The
development of Bukit Tagar technically to overcome the problem associated with the closure of
existing landfills at Taman Beringin in Kepong and Air Hitam in Puchong.

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DESIGN AND FACILITIES
BTSL is the premier sanitary landfill in Malaysia which developed by KUB- Berjaya Enviro Sdn
Bhd and under supervision from the Ministry of Urban Welbeing, Housing and Local
Government where it provide safe, efficient and environmental friendly solid waste management
solution. It is designed as a fully engineered level IV landfill which provide maximum protection
to the environment, with full high density polyethylene (HDPE) membrane liner, leachate
collection and leachate treatment system which fully automated by SCADA system.

The facilities that BTSL has are:

a. landfill with full HDPE membrane liner,
b. leachate collection and treatment facilities and
c. Comprehensive landfill gas management system.

LANDFILL SCHEMATIC DESIGN

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HDPE MEMBRANE LINER
HDPE is the most widely used geomembrane in the world and is used more commonly
internationally due to its availability and relatively inexpensive material cost. It is also broad
chemical resistance, its high strength, its relative inherent flexibility achieved without additives,
its weathering resistance that allows it to be left uncovered, and its ability to be integrally fusionwelded by thermal methods rather than by using solvents and adhesives. HDPE is needed over
the landfill to keep water out (to prevent leachate formation). If the cover liner is not maintained,
rain will enter the landfill resulting in buildup of leachate to the point where the bathtub
overflows its sides and wastes enter the environment.

LANDFILL AREA

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LEACHATE TREATMENT
The leachate in BTSL is fully automated by SCADA system which control all the pumps and
valves to enable the plant to operate automatically. The leachate treatment plant comprised 4
sequential batch reactor (SBR) lagoons, 24 aerators, chemical storage and dosing system,
balancing tanks, sludge thickener and dissolved air floatation (DOF) plant.
The leachate is intercepted by the base liner system and conveyed through drainage pipes to the
leachate treatment plant (LTP). When the leachate reach the LTP, the LTP will employs aerobic
and anaerobic biological processes and it will also undergo the flocculation and dissolved air
flotation process. These processes are important to break down pollutants in the leachate to
harmless component within a 24 hour cycle. After the process complete then the treated effluent
is further processed in the reed bed which consists of Phragmites plant capable of absorbing
residues in the treated leachate to improve its quality. Final treated effluent achieving the DOE,
standards are not discharged into water courses, but are irrigated in designated zones to be
absorbed by vegetation through evapo-transpiration to achieve zero-discharge policy.
BTSL needs to treat the leachate properly because they are using it back as a water supply. They
have successfully treated the leachate until it reaches the grade B for water drinking standard.
Amazingly their Landfill in China, the leachate treated until it reach grade A of water drinking
standard.

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LEACHATE TANK

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GAS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
In BTSL, besides processing the solid waste, a comprehensive landfill gas management system is
in place. This system is dealing with landfill gas, including methane, which is by product of the
decomposition of organic matter. BTSL uses the methane gas to produce electricity to supply
electric in BTSL.
The methane gas was channel as a fuel to power the 4.4MW gas engines to generate electricity
taken up by the national grid through TNB under the Feed in Tariff scheme. Besides Bukit Tagar
also optimizing land use by establishing pilot solar farm project where in future there will be
demand for power.

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THE WASTE PROCESS IN BTSL

The waste has enter into BTSL will be processed very systematic and detail. Municipal waste
arriving in haulage trucks are weigh at electronic weigh bridge first before that waste will be
discharging at designated tipping areas in active at phase 2 and phase 3. At site, bulldozer and
compactor spread and compact the waste in layer by layer and at the end of process, they will
make daily cover for that active cell by using plastic and clay because they want to avoid the
oxygen and the rain enter that cell.
The gas is produced by the waste will go out by gas vents and pipes are constructed
contemporaneously within the waste layer capture and channel landfill gas. The storm water
interception system diverts and drains storm water into silts traps and dentations ponds for
discharge. The liquid or leachate come out from the waste is intercepted by the base liner system
and conveyed through drainage pipes to leachate treatment plant (LPT).
The LTP employs aerobic and anaerobic biological process, flocculation and dissolved air
floating to break down pollutant in the leachate to harmless components within 24 hours cycle.
The treated effluent is further processed in the reed beds to remove traces of heavy metals. At the
final process, final treated effluents achieving the DOE standards are not discharged into water
course, but are irrigated in designated zones to be absorbed by vegetation through evapotranspiration to achieve zero discharge policy.

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SITE PREPARATION

TRUCK DISCHARGING WASTE

DAILY COVER

ELECTRICITY GENERATION

LEACHATE TREATMENT PONDS

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APPENDIX
SITE VISIT/STUDY VISIT

SIMPLE BRIEFING ABOUT BTSL

ELECTICAL GENERATION

SITE PHASE 2 AND GET FAST

EXPLANATION HOW THE
PROCESS RUNNING ON AT
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PHASE 2, ACTIVE CELL

ALREADY GET COVER BY
DAILY COVER

LEACHATE TREAMENT PLANT

THE PIPE SIZE AND TYPETHAT

BE USED BY BTSL

PHASE 1, ALREADY COMPLETE

AND GET COVER BY FINAL
COVER

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THE WATER CLASS B THAT BE

PRODUCE BY BTSL

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