Public Perception and Approach on the Municipal Solid Waste Management in Bandung city, Indonesia

Bc. Denisa Beňová

Master's thesis

Abstract:

This Thesis examined public perception and approach on the municipal solid waste management (MSWM) in Bandung city, Indonesia. Increasing amount of waste becoming a serious topic in developing countries due to aspects as health related issues, environmental issues and others. In Indonesia, government implemented in past decades several laws and regulations dedicated to MSWM, unfortunately, thus are not well communicated to the public sector. Moreover, the set tax's level is inadequate with regard to MSWM financial needs in Bandung. Also, previous studies determined public and its interest in MSWM as one of the key factor of sustainable MSWM, however this aspect is not well considered. The results of conducted questionnaire survey in the study area showed that over 97% of respondents are not satisfied with MSWM practices and over 83% of respondents consider MSWM services as insufficient. Available sufficient awareness about the important operations such as waste handling and recycling was is at low level. On the other hand, over 67% of citizens (respondents) are interested in MSWM in connection to the environmental issues and also familiar with 3R concept. However, personal interviews showed the contrasts among respondents from government sector, officers of MSWM organizations and citizens of Bandung. Using a binary probit model it was found that age, education level, locality and satisfaction with MSWM practices played significant role in respondent's interest in MSWM. Applying the Chi-square test of independence suggested that age, level of education and average monthly income was strongly associated with willingness to pay different taxes for sufficient MSWM. Above mentioned results bring a whole new perspective on the public perception and approach on the MSWM that could be considered in the planning and implementation of sustainable MSWM, since this issue has not been deeply examined in Bandung.

Keywords

governmental regulations, interest, public awareness, waste generation, landfilling, questionnaire survey, willingness to pay, binary probit model, chi-square test

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 26. 4. 2019

Thesis defence

• Supervisor: doc. Bc. Ing. Tatiana Ivanova, Ph.D.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences

Master programme / field:
Tropical Agriculture / Sustainable Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics