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Waste Management: Waste Bank

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Keywords: waste, waste management, waste bank, swot
1.1. INTRODUCTION
The rapid of urbanization, industrialization, and economic development have caused of the rapid increase in waste generation. Waste is leftover materials that are not considered direct use arising from human activities. There are two types of waste, consisting of organic and inorganic also were classified into two groups: household waste and non-household waste. In developing countries, including Indonesia, the main source of solid waste from non-household waste coming from, commercial establishments, markets, institutions, street cleaning, hospitals, and manufacturing businesses (Gatot, 2000). Growth in consumption caused by the rapid growth of these factors is directly …show more content…

It is based on government regulation No 81 year 2012 about household waste management and Under Law No 18 year 2008 about waste management. The law has mandated the need for a fundamental paradigm shift in waste management, from a paradigm of collect - haul - dispose into processing that relies on waste reduction and waste handling (Ministry of Environment of Indonesia, 2013). Waste bank is a social engineering activity to educate people to sort waste and raise public awareness in the processing of garbage hauled to the waste disposal. Waste bank establishment, in the background by the lack of awareness of the public about waste segregation and waste reduction by using the approach (3 R) Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. The development waste bank in urban and rural areas showed a positive trend on the level of public interest in terms of waste management. Internal and external analysis of waste management through waste bank carried out to see the level of effectiveness and efficiency to be implemented in the town or village in Indonesia. Some waste banks in Indonesia implementing creative policies to attract the attention of the community to participate in 3 …show more content…

Waste picker and itinerant buyers are informal agent of waste reduction. They collect or buy the bins that they can be recycled. Those bins still have economic value (Gatot, 2000; Rockfo and Jorge, 2006). In Indonesia waste picker and itinerant buyers are informal employment who see the potential market of bins. They collect and sort the waste from household and non household waste for sale to collectors. Handling and storage of waste in the form of separation is the responsibility of each waste generator. Separation of organic and inorganic waste from the source is to support and promote recycling efforts. Technical barriers and social issues regarding the sorting of waste in developing countries, including Indonesia is the amount of waste generated, the limited supply of trash, and lack of education regarding the handling of waste from the source are the barriers faced in developing countries. On the other hand in certain places waste pickers and itinerant buyers refuse these activities, due it can threaten the potential revenue from traditional

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