Household solid waste composition and characterization in Indonesia Urban Kampong

Abstract

Household waste compositions and characteristics are the basic Information needed in planning a waste management system. The data are affected by many factors, such as the area characteristic and their income. As a part of city growth, urban Kampong is generally established due to urbanization and can be characterized by its density, low income residents, and poor sanitation. This research is conducted to analyze the composition and characteristics of solid waste produced in Urban Kampong. Cross sectional study approach was conducted to analyzed the household characteristics; the Indonesia standard of 19-3694-1994 is applied to examined wastes generated with 100 kg of waste samples was collected for 8 days in each urban kampong. The research result shows urban kampong waste composition is dominated by organic waste with 61,62%. While inorganic wastes are dominated by plastic (13,14%), multi-layered (5,52%) and paper (4,12%). The average of waste generation in urban kampong is 0,5 kg/person/day. This study is expected to be the baseline for improving waste management system in urban kampong in Indonesia.