Garbage is a residual material resulting from human or natural activity that is no longer used because it has been taken by its main element or function. Sources of garbage can come from households, farms, offices, companies, hospitals and so on. Any human activity inevitably results in waste or garbage. Along with the increasing population and the high level of consumption of the community has implications on the production of garbage that increases. Landfills in Sangatta is the result of increasing population and high levels of community consumption. The situation is not comparable to the availability of The Final Processing Site (FPS) located in batota area, Sangatta-Bengalon axis road. Batota landfill that has started full, can not accommodate the volume of garbage produced. Thus making Final Processing Site (FPS) the only one in East Kutai Regency is overloaded. The pile of garbage in landfill needs to be managed properly. Waste management can be done comprehensively and integratedly from upstream to downstream. Waste management problems in Sangatta is still not running effectively. Looking at the problem, this research aims to find out and analyze the Implementation of Waste Management Policy Based on Local Regulation No. 7 of 2012 in Sangatta of East Kutai Regency based on George Edward III theory, which advises to pay attention to four main issues: communication, resources, disposition of attitudes and bureaucratic structure. The authors in this study used a descriptive qualitative approach. The qualitative approach was chosen because in accordance with the problems reviewed in this study requires actual and conceptual field data. The data is obtained through interview, observation, and documentation techniques. Waste management in Sangatta is still not fully successful in reducing the number of existing landfills. In the implementation of its management also has various obstacles, such as the lack of human resources that manage waste, the condition of waste management facilities and infrastructure that are many damaged, as well as coordination between related Regional Device Unit in waste management is still not effective.

Keywords: Policy Implementation, Waste Management