How Should Waste Management Be in Tangerang Regency?

EasyChair Preprint 9238

Abstract

Everyone wants a healthy environment but, the waste in Tangerang Regency during 2021 will reach around 820,000 tons with an average of 2,250 tons to 2,500 tons per day. The volume of waste continues to increase every year if it is not immediately handled by all parties, including simple and effective technology, the laws, and regulations, that is Regional Regulation of Tangerang Regency, Number 6 of 2012 concerning Waste and Sewage Management. The current concept of waste management needs to be changed. How should waste management be in Tangerang Regency? This research provides a solution for waste management in Tangerang Regency that does not burden Regional Government in level Regency. This study uses a qualitative method with a socio-legal approach. This study found that waste management in Tangerang Regency has weaknesses in processing waste. Even though the waste processing by the community is very helpful for the level of villages/Kelurahan, subdistricts, and Regency. The concept of waste management must be independent and sustainable; therefore, technology is needed that is able to convert waste into economical products that the market needs. For that Regional Regulation of Tangerang Regency, Number 6 of 2012 concerning Waste and Sewage Management must be changed.

Keyphrases: Tangerang Regency, waste management, waste processing level

@booklet{EasyChair:9238,
  author    = {Indah Harlina and Eka Maulana and Rachmat Trijono},
  title     = {How Should Waste Management Be in Tangerang Regency?},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 9238},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2022}}