Combating Urban Waste Through The Development of A City Scale Waste Bank Readiness Index

DOI

10.2991/iclick-18.2019.12How to use a DOI?

Keywords

waste bank, index, component, indicator, sub-indicator

Abstract

One main issue in solid waste management of densely populated cities is the short lifetime of the landfill as its final disposal. This happens because in many cities solid waste is collected from its sources without sorting and treatment prior to the disposal. A waste bank is an alternative instrument to address the issue as it reduces the amount of waste being disposed to landfills, utilising Reduce-Reuse and Recycle (3R) approach. However, currently the management of waste banks in Indonesia is undertaken sporadically. A significant reduction of waste disposal to landfills can only be achieved through integrated waste bank management at the city scale. This study aims at developing an index to assess potential waste bank in a city to be promoted as a city scale waste bank. The index developed in this study is comprised of components, indicators and sub-indicators, which are mainly taken from existing regulations and guidance in Indonesia related to waste management and bank waste. These components, indicators and sub-indicators are then given different weights based on their relative importances. At the end, as many as 3 components, 20 indicators and 84 sub-indicators are identified. Further, the results of this study will be applied to assess the readiness of 3 waste banks in cities in Indonesia, as part of the verification process of the index.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Iwan Juwana
AU  - Siti Ainun
AU  - Baiq Kusumawati Dewi
PY  - 2019/07
DA  - 2019/07
TI  - Combating Urban Waste Through The Development of A City Scale Waste Bank Readiness Index
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Life, Innovation, Change and Knowledge (ICLICK 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 50
EP  - 56
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/iclick-18.2019.12
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