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    To Indonesia Free Of Plastic Waste Through Village Management



    Garbage has now become a global issue and an issue that requires special treatment and incentives, there have been many efforts made by countries in different parts of the world to deal with this problem including indonesia. Indonesia with a population of hundreds of millions is one of the factors in the volume of existing garbage, especially plastic waste as reported from Kompas.com Indonesia ranks as the second largest plastic waste contributor country in the world after China in first place. This makes the government eager to campaign for waste processing based on 3R namely Reduce Reuse and Recycle, not only that the government also issued a special law on garbage puzzles such as Law no. 18 of 2008 that regulates the management of plastic waste in addition to the central government of the provincial government also made regulations related to the prohibition of the use of plastic straws recorded there are two pronvinsi from 29 provinces that have made regulations prohibiting the use of plastic straws. With this kind of regulation, it is hoped that the public and others involved can be aware of and limit the use of plastic



    The government's vigorous efforts to combat waste are a major concern for the private sector to actively participate. This form of private participation in combating plastic waste is in the form of helping in campaigning for Eco-Friendly Products programs, sponsoring environmental care programs and buying back used wrappers from products they sell for recycling. This is almost in line with the concept announced by garbage-related policy thinkers in a seminar held in November 2019, this concept is called Circular Economy which is a collaborative effort involving the role and function of each stakeholder along the hijauku.com.

 

    It should be emphasized that the task of maintaining cleanliness and resolving this garbage problem is not only the duty of the government, private organizations or volunteers. But all walks of life should participate in combating this garbage problem. Because here the community is not only the object of change but also as a subject for change and is the largest garbage producer, so it is appropriate for the community to actively participate. Indonesia is a country that gives autonomy to the region, with the right of autonomy should make regions free to implement policies related to waste management. Villages are the lowest level in the government hierarchy, through this smallest unit it is hoped that waste management targets can be more targeted. In addition, currently many villages have been given exclusive budgets to manage waste. That is good news, so the use of founds for waste management must be appropriate.


    Village waste management means that the waste management produced by a village is handled independently within the village. Waste management in question in the form of sortng, collecting, transporting, processing, and final processing (Clause 11 Part, in Village Regulations Numb. 03 of 2018). Nowadays many villages have maximized waste management independently in addition to maintaining the environment and health, but also utilized to generate commercial profits.  


    Based on data from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry as much as 62 percent of the garbage in Indonesia comes from households. So the Ministry of Environment and Forestry recommends that waste sorting be carried out through households. Require each household to provide bins for two types of waste: namely organic, and nonorganic waste for easy management of the next stage. Providing landfills (TPS) in all neighborhood association so that the public has no reason not to throw garbage in its place, work with scavengers to collect plastic waste and buy it at a decent price. Plastic waste has the potential to damage the environment and interfere with higher health than this type of organic waste, this type of waste can settle on the food and drink that we consume this is what makes it a danger to human health. In addition to disrupting the health of plastic waste can also damage the environment because this type of plastic waste is not easily decomposed it takes 50 to 100 years in order to decompose. So it needs to be taken seriously and carefully because the wrong management has the potential to pollute the environment. 


    An example of a village that has implemented a self-management system is waste management carried out in Banyuurip Gamping Sleman Sukunan Hamlet which is known for community-based waste management (Siti Marwati, 2015:2). The waste management carried out by Sukunan Hamlet has implemented the principle of 3 R, in which waste management has the mission of the community and for the community. The local village government first carried out the process of counseling and education to the masyarat related to garbage to create a garbage bank that can be managed by the local village government, as well as other organizations.

     

    The Garbage Bank probably familiar to us because there are already many villages, other level governments, private organizations, and volunteers who apply this concept. Because basically the concept of Waste Bank is indeed effective in attracting people to collect and sort garbage. Although there have been many examples and extraordinary concepts to deal with this garbage problem. However, there are still villages out there that are indifferent to this garbage problem including plastic waste that has a higher potential than organic waste. Such as Campaka Village, on Garut Districts, West Java is extremely little public awareness and involvement of the village government in addressing this garbage problem. 



   Whereas if looking at the geographical condition of this area has a sufficient area as the data from pemdes.kemdagri.go.id the area of the dry land of Campaka Village is about 221 Ha with a total population of about 7000 people this figure shows the level of rough population density is only about 0.32 percent of the total places that exist means the village should have a more adequate TPS. In this village there is also a private that recycles plastic materials in raw materials for the manufacture of other products, if the government of Campaka Village can maximize collaboration with private parties in managing plastic waste, of course this will be a extremely positive thing for the welfare and health of the community. Ironically the local village government is not extremely enthusiastic in managing this plastic waste, many TPS are left abandoned, nor is there any socialization and further education about the impact of this plastic waste. 



   In this village scavengers become one of the real volunteers in the process of collecting plastic waste, although their main motive is money and not all types of plastic they pick up but recognized or not through their hands this village has obtained one lightness of the impact of garbage on human health and the environment in the future. Maximizing waste management in the village unit in addition to providing an immediate benefit to the community also relieves the central government, namely the Ministry of Environment and Forestry to go down directly to deal with this plastic waste problem. Every single village that independently manages plastic waste contributes one big step towards a plastic waste-free Indonesia. 


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