TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of women in managing waste banks and supporting waste management in local communities
AU - Asteria, Donna
AU - Herdiansyah, Herdis
N1 - Funding Information:
The Ministry Research, Technology and Higher Education (Kemristekdikti); Directorate of Research and Community Service (DRPM); Universitas Indonesia in facilitation of PDUPT 2019 (Research Grant of the Leading Basic Research of Universities, with contract number NKB-1516/UN2.R3.1/HKP.05.00/2019.
Funding Information:
In 2014 and 2015, the author launched a community service funded by the Universitas Indonesia through the Universitas Indonesia Community Engagement Grants (CEGs UI) with the grant for problem-based category. This programme has goals contributing to society by empowering local community in order to improve their knowledge and skills through the waste bank project to solve waste problem, with a focus on the activities of establishing a waste bank in Karangresik, Tasikmalaya, Indonesia. Then, the study in this paper was conducted as a continuation of community service activities, the author initiated research to elaborate effectiveness and the sustainability of the waste bank that was established. The selection of these studies at the same location was carried out to determine the sustainability of waste bank management. The location of the village of Karangresik, Tasikmalaya, West Java, Indonesia is illustrated in Figure 1. Based on the data from the Tasikmalaya City Environment Agency (2019), including cities that experience waste problems, almost 75% of waste comes from households because of the low awareness in the community to apply the 4Rs principle in managing waste. In this study, observations were made on two waste banks, namely the Pucuk Resik garbage bank in Karangresik village and its branch located in Ngenol village, Puspamukti village.
Publisher Copyright:
© Oxford University Press and Community Development Journal 2020.
PY - 2022/1
Y1 - 2022/1
N2 - This paper aims to describe women's role with active participation in waste management within their communities. The environmental awareness education of citizens combined with the application of the '4Rs' principle (reduce, reuse, recycle, and replant) is necessary to develop waste banks to resolve the issue of waste. Waste bank management is predicted to be the best solution for the municipal waste management and increases the public's awareness of recycling household waste as a waste management strategy. An increase in awareness begins at the community level. Women can be as social capital in community with the capacity to move the community through their active role in waste management activities. This study considered citizens in Karang Resik, Tasikmalaya, West Java, Indonesia and used the emancipatory participation methods of counselling, educating, and training. The results showed that the presence of a waste bank educated residents to be disciplined in managing their waste and provided extra income from waste collection. Moreover, it strengthened the social cohesion for women within the community. This study shows that local female administrators in family welfare empowerment programmes can be used as role models for other women and can provide a significant impact on waste management.
AB - This paper aims to describe women's role with active participation in waste management within their communities. The environmental awareness education of citizens combined with the application of the '4Rs' principle (reduce, reuse, recycle, and replant) is necessary to develop waste banks to resolve the issue of waste. Waste bank management is predicted to be the best solution for the municipal waste management and increases the public's awareness of recycling household waste as a waste management strategy. An increase in awareness begins at the community level. Women can be as social capital in community with the capacity to move the community through their active role in waste management activities. This study considered citizens in Karang Resik, Tasikmalaya, West Java, Indonesia and used the emancipatory participation methods of counselling, educating, and training. The results showed that the presence of a waste bank educated residents to be disciplined in managing their waste and provided extra income from waste collection. Moreover, it strengthened the social cohesion for women within the community. This study shows that local female administrators in family welfare empowerment programmes can be used as role models for other women and can provide a significant impact on waste management.
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U2 - 10.1093/cdj/bsaa025
DO - 10.1093/cdj/bsaa025
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85129254899
SN - 0010-3802
VL - 57
SP - 74
EP - 92
JO - Community Development Journal
JF - Community Development Journal
IS - 1
ER -