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ABSTRACT
This research aims to analyze and describe (1) the effectiveness of the 3R program
implemented through waste banks in empowering the community economy in Gorontalo and
(2) the supporting and inhibiting factors of the 3R program implemented through waste banks
in empowering the community economy in Gorontalo. The research method used is qualitative.
The research data source is primary data collected using interviews. The data analysis
technique used refers to Miles and Huberman’s. The research findings are that (1) the 3R
(reduce, reuse, and recycle) program implemented through waste banks has effectively
empowered the community economy in Gorontalo. The program is progressively developed,
indicated by the fact that waste in Gorontalo has been reduced to the target determined.
Contrastively, the city management system comprising selecting, transporting, and processing
is still poor. In terms of the economic use, the system does not give significant contributions to
the economic improvement of the surrounding community that becomes the customer of waste
banks and (2) the crucial internal factors of the 3R program the waste bank owner’s
commitment to introducing the program and the employees’ commitment to earning the
incentive. Meanwhile, the inhibiting factors are the narrow waste banks and insufficient tools
and facilities that support the 3R (reduce, reuse, and recycle) program. Furthermore, the
external factors are the government, the cooperation with the waste bank owners in Gorontalo,
and a fixed market share where the waste can be sold. Moreover, the inhibiting factors are the
community’s perception of waste banks. They perceive small uses of the waste banks and they
reluctantly spare time to sell waste in waste banks.
INTRODUCTION
The government is continuously facing the waste problem as the main problem in health
and the living environment. Waste contaminates the environment and may create pollutions,
one of which is air pollution. Over-piled waste that is not immediately handled and transported
and improperly closed transporter may cause a bad smell. Evidently, the prioritized aspect of
waste management is the master plan of drainage arrangement instead of human and cultural
aspects when humans and cultures are also the most important aspect besides the technical ones
(Kamuli et al., 2016:9).
The central government has authorized the local government through the local autonomy
program. It means that together with private parties, the local government can independently
manage waste, starting from recycling/managing, transporting, and processing waste. The
independent waste management is regulated in the Law Number 18 of 2008 on Waste
management and the Ministry of Home Affairs Regulation No. 33/2010 on Procedures for
Waste Management.
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Waste will turn to be serious when they start to pollute the environment and thus turn to
be hazardous. Waste is hazardous when it is a potential threat to humans and the environment.
At that point, waste must be properly managed. Designing a waste management system for a
certain area needs preliminary data i.e. the generation, composition, and characteristics of the
waste produced in the area (Damanhuri and Padmi, 2004). Waste is a serious problem in
Gorontalo, as clarified in Figure 1.3.
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community will be empowered. Furthermore, through the 3R program, the community will not
only clean and preserve the environment but also earn some money from waste.
The community economy empowerment using waste banks aims to create a modern
economy. As the more advanced technology development impose the era development upon
anybody, we must not build upon the traditional economy. Waste banks will make the
community more independently determine their economic development.
Waste banks give a positive impact on the community, and with them, we can bring
changes in the economy, from the traditional to the modern system, from the less to the more
established economy, and from the dependent to the independent economy. Waste banks also
contribute to a more established community economic empowerment. Waste banks should
have an established organization that also contributes to the management and operation of a
community economic system. Waste banks should also be equipped with tools that can support
their management and operation.
Based on the research background, we are interested to study the implementation of the
3R (reuse, reduce, and recycle) program to manage waste in the parent waste bank in
Wongkaditi Timur Kota Utara, one of the waste banks in Gorontalo. We conduct a study titled
“The Effectiveness of the 3R (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle) Program Implemented through
Waste Banks in Empowering the Community Economy in Gorontalo (A Case Study of Parent
Waste Banks in Wongkaditi Timur Kota Utara Gorontalo)”.
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
The research location is at the parent waste bank in Wongkaditi Timur Kota Utara
Gorontalo. The location is selected due to the following essential considerations i.e. (1) The
location contains the data and possible explanation of the researched issue and (2) The data
collected at the location are reliable and temporal, economically, spatially, affordable. The data
analysis technique used in this research is Miles and Huberman’s interactive model analysis.
RESEARCH FINDINGS
A. Research Findings
1. Effectiveness of the 3R (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle) Program Implemented through
Waste Banks to Empower the Community Economy in Gorontalo
The effectiveness of the 3R (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle) implemented through waste
banks to empower the community economy in Gorontalo is as follows:
a. Effectiveness of the 3R (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle) Program in Terms of its
Efficiency
A correspondent with the participative principle, waste management activities using the
3R (reduce, reuse, and recycle) concept is based on what the community needs so it should
give benefits to the community, indicating the success of the activities. One of the ways to
improve the economy and use household wastes is to provide lay stalls with the implementation
of 3R (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle) concept, enabling the community to sell and save at waste
banks easily. Waste banks raise our awareness that we can both preserve the environment and
improve the economy of the community that registers themselves as waste bank customers.
Our observations reveal that 10 of 100 customers show a monthly active operation.
Customers’ income is determined based on the type and the amount of waste submitted to waste
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banks. There are three types of waste i.e. plastic, paper, and carton, each comes with a different
price. Plastic waste costs IDR2,000/kg; while paper and carton waste cost IDR1,000/kg and
IDR500/kg respectively.
The customers earn some money in accordance with how much waste they can collect
and submit to waste banks. They earn the money as immediately as they submit waste. In
January, customers could only submit waste twice a month when the more waste we can submit
to waste banks, the more money we earn. Through waste banks, we put much expectation to
the Gorontalo community that they may be more aware of environmental hygiene. Waste is not
a mere object you can throw out. Instead, you can earn more income by collecting waste.
Furthermore, the community economy will be more empowered.
An article (https://mediaindonesia.com retrieved March 25th, 2020) argues that waste
banks apparently give a positive impact on the environment, society, and economy. It
contributes to reducing national waste, give more job opportunities, and provide more income.
The more waste you save, the more money you can earn and use to, for example, pilgrimage,
education, and others. As we have already known, pilgrimage costs a considerable amount of
money. The high-income society may be able to repeatedly do pilgrimage when the low- and
middle-income society may only have the idea without any supporting fund. Therefore, the
facility provided by the government, with community participation, will raise the community’s
awareness of the significance of collecting and saving waste.
b. Effectiveness of the 3R (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle) Program in Terms of its
Adequacy
Enterprising the 3R (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle) program, the government expects the
community participation in waste management. With the community activeness and awareness,
the program will be effectively run, preserving the environment. Besides, the saving-waste
program will elevate the community economy. Waste banks are equipped with some initiative
programs that ask the community to sort and collect waste. The initiative programs aim to
reduce the amount of waste disposed to landfills besides giving profits. With the programs, the
community starts contributing to waste collection. The participation of society is crucial to
realize the vision of a clean and waste-free city.
Waste collection is started with waste transfer from dustbins, lay stalls, 3R (Reduce,
Reuse, and Recycle) lay stalls, to landfills. The staff should do the activities and not neglect
the type of waste they are handling. When sorting waste, the staff put waste into a container in
accordance with the type of waste. The container is a large bag made of recycled materials.
The criteria of color and type of waste are as follows: (1) Green bag for organic waste, (2)
Yellow bag for inorganic waste, and (3) Red bag for hazardous and poisonous waste.
c. Effectiveness of the 3R (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle) Program in Terms of its Equity
Waste banks are analogous to the local policy regulated by Gorontalo regulation. Waste
banks may meet exacting challenges but continuously make progress indicated by their large
number of customers. It is difficult to raise people’s awareness. They seem arrogant and pay
little attention to the environment. Also, they perceive that saving waste wastes their time. The
perception passes through generations until nowadays, there are still many people that know
about but reluctantly save waste. However, the majority of Gorontalo people, manifested by
their participation, have understood the significance of saving waste at waste banks.
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The potential of waste generation in the latest two years i.e. 2018 and 2019 increased by
1% from 50,490 tons (2018) to 51,194 tons (2019). Reduced waste in source waste banks is
10,493.75 tons or 20% of waste generation. It indicates that the government has achieved the
target of waste reduction that was 20.50% in 2019. Waste delimitation is 1,368.75 tons. The
amount of waste used in waste sources is 9,125 tons. Besides waste reduction, another
enterprise regarding waste is waste management. 29,565 tons, or 57.75% of waste is disposed
to landfills and dustbins. The percentage is still below the target that is 70%.
According to the management data, the Gorontalo government has handled and managed
40,059 tons or 78% of waste per year. Meanwhile, unmanaged waste is 11,135 tons per year.
Considering the increasing potential of waste generation, waste management should be more
effective. Identification of waste generation helps us determine the best waste management
system for an area. Any data available can also be used to determine an alternative solution to
an effective and effective waste management system.
The waste data registered in waste banks and waste collectors are cans, cartons, plastic,
metal, paper, glass, and others. Moreover, the types of waste sorted and transferred to the
landfills that implement the 3R (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle) program are leftovers and leaves.
Based on the achievement of waste management of 78%, the implementation of the 3R
(Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle) has been effective.
2. Supporting and Inhibiting Factors of the 3R (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle) Program
Implemented through Waste Banks to Empower the Community Economy in
Gorontalo
The supporting factors of the 3R (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle) program implemented
through waste banks to empower the community economy in Gorontalo are as follows.
a. Internal Supporting and Inhibiting Factors of the 3R (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle)
Program
There are various internal factors of the 3R-(Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle)-program-
based waste management identified at Bank Sampah Mutiara. The crucial internal factors are
the waste bank owner’s commitment to socializing the program and the staff’s commitment to
earning incentives. Meanwhile, the inhibiting factors are relatively narrow waste bank areas
and the tools and facilities that insufficiently support the progress of the program that is the
3R-(Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle)-program-based waste management. The internal factors
should thus be improved.
b. External Supporting and Inhibiting Factors of the 3R (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle)
Program
The external supporting factors of an effective 3R (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle) program
implemented through waste banks to empower the community economy in Gorontalo are the
government, the cooperation with the waste bank owners in Gorontalo, and fixed market share
to sell the waste product. Moreover, the inhibiting factors are community skepticism and
reluctance. They consider waste banks insignificant and are unwilling to spare time to sell
waste at waste banks.
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DISCUSSION
1. Effectiveness of the 3R (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle) Program Implemented through
Waste Banks to Empower the Community Economy in Gorontalo
Referring to the interviews and observations, we present a summary of the effectiveness
of the 3R (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle) program implemented through waste banks to
empower the community economy in Gorontalo (Table 1).
Table 1 Context Diagram of Focus 1
No. Context Findings
The economic impacts are inefficient
1 Efficiency
The community save waste reluctantly
The policy target is clear
2 Adequacy
The social and environmental impacts are positive.
Customer registration is easy
3 Equity
Everyone can be a customer
The service is available daily
4 Responsiveness
The staff is responsive and friendly
The program management is good
5 Appropriateness
The staff supports the program and the government policy
According to Table 1, the 3R (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle) program implemented
through waste banks to empower the community economy in Gorontalo is progressively
developed, evidenced by waste reduction that achieves the target. However, the waste
management system consisting of sorting, transferring, and processing waste is still poor. In
terms of economic benefits, it cannot significantly contribute to the economic improvement of
the surrounding community registered as waste bank customers.
Suryani (2014) argues that waste banks are useful for humans and the living environment
in terms of cleaning the environment and raising the community’s awareness of the significance
of hygiene and the economic value of waste. Besides, through waste banks, the community can
earn more from the waste they sell. The money, that they can draw anytime, will be saved in
their accounts. However, the rewards given to customers are not only in the form of money but
also in gold. Similarly, customers can draw gold when needed.
3. Supporting and Inhibiting Factors of the 3R (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle) Program
Implemented through Waste Banks to Empower the Community Economy in
Gorontalo
The waste management are supported and inhibited by various factors. According to the
interviews and observations, we make Table 2 that lists the supporting and inhibiting factors
of the 3R (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle) program implemented through waste banks to
empower the community economy in Gorontalo.
Table 2 Context Diagram of Focus 2
No. Aspect Supporting Inhibiting
a. Waste bank owners’ a. Staff’s incompetence
1 Internal commitment b.Narrow area
b. Staff’s commitment c. Inadequate facilities
a. The community stigma
a. The government’s
2 External b.Waste bank legitimization in the
supports
local regulation
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CONCLUSION
According to the research findings and discussion, here are the research conclusions:
1. The 3R (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle) program implemented through waste banks to
empower the community economy in Gorontalo is progressively developed, evidenced by
waste reduction that achieves the target. However, the waste management system
consisting of sorting, transferring, and processing waste is still poor. In terms of economic
benefits, it cannot significantly contribute to the economic improvement of the surrounding
community registered as waste bank customers.
2. The crucial internal factors are the waste bank owner’s commitment to socializing the
program and the staff’s commitment to earning incentives. Meanwhile, the inhibiting
factors are relatively narrow waste bank area and the tools and facilities that insufficiently
support the progress of the program that is the 3R-(Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle)-program-
based waste management.
3. The external supporting factors are the government, the cooperation with the waste bank
owners in Gorontalo, and fixed market share to sell the waste product. Moreover, the
inhibiting factors are community skepticism and reluctance. They consider waste banks
insignificant and are unwilling to spare time to sell waste at waste banks.
SUGGESTIONS
Based on the research findings and discussion, here are the research conclusions:
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1. The 3R (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle) program needs constant monitoring; especially in
sorting waste by the community, transferring waste, and managing waste; so the waste
management system can achieve the target.
2. The local government should give more supports, especially in the form of socialization,
grants, or capital loan. Besides, the engagement with private parties through Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR) should be improved to develop waste banks.
3. Future researchers should make a further investigation of the problems i.e. other activities
that can empower the community as there must be other activities that can empower the
community besides waste banks.
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