RESEARCH TOPIC
Illegal Rubbish Dumping
BACKGROUND
Illegal rubbish dumping, including roadside dumping and illegal land filling, degrades the local environment and generates significant community concern.
It is illegal to dump, or permit to be dumped, any waste, rubbish or soil products on private or public land, unless it is a licensed landfill site. If rubbish or soil is dumped on private land, with or without the owner's consent, it is the responsibility of the owner to arrange appropriate disposal of the waste, unless the person who dumped the waste can be identified.
PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION
Illegal rubbish dumping issues is getting worse specially in Malaysia. I found an interesting theory which called "broken window theory"
a house if the windows broke, no one patch, separated soon, other windows will be broken somehow; a wall, if the graffiti is not some washed, and soon, the wall covered with a mess on, unsightly thing; a very clean place People taking out the trash sorry, but once litter on the ground appears, people will not hesitate to throw, did not feel ashamed.
From this theory, if bad things happened and we didn't fix it in time, the problem will only get worse and worse. Same things applied to illegal rubbish dumping, most people dumping rubbish in illegal way is because they feel that everyone else is doing the same things.
AIM AND OBJECTIVES
- to alert people about illegal rubbish dumping issues.
- to experimental with broken window theory and let people realize that they themself are the key to solve this problem.
MOTIVATION
Living in Malaysia I am sure you will see a lots of rubbish beside the road, in a park or anywhere. So I want to tell people about this issues, try to change their lifestyle by removing this bad habit and keep the environment clean.
IDEATION AND CONCEPT
The basic idea is to create a scene of "besides a road" or "in a park" which is a normal scene to us. People(NPC) passing by and nothing happen until a person throw a rubbish at the ground, then slowly other people start throwing rubbish around also and the rubbish is getting more and more. This is to show to the audience the broken window theory which make this happened. The audience can start to do the right things by pick up the rubbish and throw it into dustbin, this action will lead other people to start pick up rubbish or stop throwing rubbish around. This is to show that we should start to do the right things ourself but not doing bad things just because everyone else is doing it.
REVIEW, ANALYSIS AND PRECEDENCE STUDIES
The environmental impacts of illegal dumping are significant. Dumped rubbish can leach contaminates into our bushland, harming our plants and animals and blighting our landscape.
When it rains, illegally dumped rubbish can impact proper drainage
of run-off, making areas more susceptible to flooding when wastes block ravines, creeks, culverts and
drainage basins. If run-off passes through illegally dumped rubbish, the health and ecology of our waterways may also be affected by contaminants.
Illegal dumping can pose serious health risks. Areas used for illegal dumping may be accessible to people, especially children, who are vulnerable to the physical and chemical hazards posed by waste.Rodents, insects and other vermin attracted to illegal dump sites may also pose health risks. Illegal dump sites with scrap tyres provide an ideal breeding ground for mosquitoes which can carry diseases such as encephalitis.
DESIGN APPROACH
A simple street scene simulated the real scene projected on wall which have interactive function.
