Abstract:
Population growth in Bangko district is followed by the increase of settlement area,
resulting in the increase of garbage volume as household waste. Garbage is one of the
main problems in Bangko District, especially in Bagan Kota Village. The amount of waste
more and more while the processing method is not optimum enough in overcoming the rate
of increase in waste. Communities are still using conventional methods to treat waste,
burned and dumped on vacant land, demonstrating low participation rates in their
management. Waste management should involve the local community, so it can provide
moral and material benefits for the community itself. This study aims to measure the level
of community participation in waste management in Bagan Kota Village. Research method
with deductive and inductive approach, taking data with Simple Random Sampling
technique and processed by SWOT analysis. The results of this study can be concluded that
the form of waste management in Bagan Kota Village still using the old system that is
collected, transported, then disposed to the Final Disposal, but some are burned. The level
of community participation at the stage of execution, ie participation in the level of
implementation of activities and they do not start from the beginning (at the planning
stage) and not participate in taking/making decisions. While the waste management
strategy used by the Government of Bagan Batu Village is to involve the community by
using the concept of 5R (Reuse, Recycle, Reduce, Replace and Replant), because the
community can directly utilize the waste of their activities, to apply this 5R concept,
community cooperation with the government, so that the concept can be done in a
sustainable manner.
