Evaluation of waste management in tourism area of Luar Batang Village, outside area of the Historic Old Jakarta Kota, Penjaringan District, North Jakarta

Abstract

Penjaringan Subdistrict is included in the tourism area of the Historic Old Jakarta Kota outside area which is a community based historical cultural tourism center with an area of ±19 Ha, consisting of 7 cultural heritage buildings. One of the cultural heritage buildings in the tourist area outside the walls of the old city is the area outside the stem area. In this tourist area there is a historic worship building in the form of a mosque. Increased tourist visits can cause problems on regional scale waste management caused by waste from tourist activities. This study aims to evaluate the existing conditions of Waste Management in Tourism Area of Luar Batang Village Outside area of the Historic Old Jakarta Kota and waste management facilities starting from source to landfill. This research was conducted through the measurement of waste generation and composition based on SNI 19-3964-1994 as a method of taking and measuring samples of urban waste generation and composition. The results of this study indicate that the generated waste is 28.5 kg/day or around 0.216 m3/day. The composition of waste in the tourist area of Luar Batang Village, Outside Area of the Historic Old Jakarta Kota shows that the biggest physical component of waste is organic with an average daily percentage of 83.30%, plastic waste of 4.05% (PET), 3.37% PP waste, and 6.40% for LDPE, as well as Styrofoam waste of 2.46%, in addition to the waste cans the trash with a percentage of 1.55% and cardboard waste of 1.43%.