The Waste Management Program Of 3R (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) By Economic Incentive And Facility Support

Waste management in the city of Mojokerto formerly used open dumping method at TPA Mojokerto. Once Law No.18 of 2008 issued on waste management, the garbage in the city of Mojokerto dumped into the area of Randegan. The research aims is to explore and to describe economic incentive and facility support of 3R (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) waste management program in Mojokerto. This is a descriptive qualitative research. The sample in this study of a random sampling of 106 RW in the city of Mojokerto. The results showed high support and community willingness to play active role in 3R waste management concept. It is showed that 96,3% of respondents are expecting 3R waste management method. They gave support toward collecting, processing and recycling of waste. To improve the quality of waste management 83% the respondents is not hesitate to pay higher 3R waste management services. The adequacy of financial support both from local government and community volunteer are important to make the program successful. There is also a desire for reward and incentives from the community to trigger the program runs well. The study also reveals some actions that have been doing by community dealing with 3R management method: bringing shopping bag, buying recycling products, fixing and reusing old products, separating organic and unorganic garbage and making handicraft from wasted materials. However, there are still lack facility support to improve the program. The research showed 86% respondents didn’t have garbage bin to recycle waste. Furthermore,75% respondents are expecting government to support facility of 3R waste management concept as as well 55% respondent are wanting accessibility to 3R waste management centre in each region in Mojokerto City. Here, several tasks must be take for considerations by the local government and support of community is obviously needed