Kajian Tingkat Partisipasi Masyarakat Dalam Pengelolaan Persampahan Di Kelurahan Bagan Kota Kecamatan Bangko Kabupaten Rokan Hilir

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.