Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) is one of Asia's major aviation hubs and is a destination in itself. It is located at the top of the southern corridor of Peninsular Malaysia, bordering the states of Selangor and Negeri Sembilan. It is situated in the Sepang district, approximately 50 km from the capital city, Kuala Lumpur
In KLIA, millions of passenger land and take off every year, and the Envac vacuum waste collection system must be able to cope with the extreme load. The system in KLIA is built in 5 phases serving the main terminal building, the flight kitchen, the airport satellite building, airport car parks and the airport landside hotel (Pan Pacific Hotel).
With a floor area amounting to 360,000sm, the main terminal building consisted of 36 numbers of refuse chutes with more than 3,000m of refuse pipes connecting them to the collection station. A kitchen waste system was implemented for the both flight kitchen and the Landside Hotel to serve about 35,000 meals a day. In the Satellite building about 2,500m of refuse pipe were used to connect 31 numbers of chutes to the collection station. The system was also connected to the airport car parks which consist of 4 multi-storey blocks.