Examining of solid waste generation and community awareness between city center and suburban area in Medan City, Indonesia

TALENTA - Conference on Engineering, Science and Technology 2017

工业技术;自然科学

Khair, H.^1,2 ; Putri, C.N.^1 ; Dalimunthe, R.A.^1 ; Matsumoto, T.^2

Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia^1

Graduate School of Environmental Engineering, University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu, Japan^2

关键词: Descriptive statistics;    Environmental aspects;    Municipal solid waste (MSW);    Organic fractions;    Solid waste generation;    Suburban areas;    Waste composition;    Waste generation;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/309/1/012050/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/309/1/012050

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Municipal solid waste (MSW) management is still an issue in many cities in Indonesia including Medan. Understanding the waste generation, its characteristic and communities involvement could provide effective solid waste management. This research compares waste generation from people who live in the city center and suburban area. The research also examines the willingness and participation of community about environmental aspect, especially solid waste management. The method of waste generation used Indonesian Nasional Standard 19-3964-1994. The city center generates 0.295 kg/person/day of solid waste and 0.180 kg/person/day for suburbs. The result showed that there are the common amount of waste compositions between the city center and suburban area. The majority waste composition was an organic fraction. Questionnaires were distributed to examine the community awareness. The descriptive statistic used to analyze the data. The result showed that people living in the city center are slightly higher in community awareness than in the suburb. This paper highlights that area of living could give some effect to solid waste generation, waste composition and rate of awareness.