Last modified: 2022-01-27
Abstract
The ever-increasing landfill has a negative impact on environmental health and socio-economics. The phenomenon that occurs in Batu City is that there is still a large volume of waste piling up causing various problems. The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze household-scale waste management in Batu City based onImplementation Mayor of Batu Regulation Number 67 of 2018 concerning Regional Policies and Strategies for the Management of Household Waste and Waste Similar to Household Waste. This study uses a descriptive method with a qualitative approach, which aims to obtain information about the current situation by looking at the relationship between existing variables. Data collection techniques include observation, interviews and documentation, then the data analysis techniques used are data reduction, data presentation and conclusion drawing.
The results of the study indicate that Batu City has implemented waste management through (1) waste sorting by differentiating organic and inorganic waste; (2) garbage collection every 2-3 times a week from source to TPS; (3) transporting waste using trucks once every 1-2 days to TPA Tlekung; (4) Waste processing by selling inorganic waste such as plastic, plastic bottles, cartons, and paper to be exchanged for money to collectors, or managing organic waste into compost and performing 3Rs; (5) the final processing is done in Tlekung ie landfill waste that can not be used anymore and has no economic value again.