Abstract

Municipal solid waste is the most waste problem which should be manages by the city. Biodegradable components of municipal solid wastes such as fruit and vegetable wastes are produced in large quantities in markets, and constitute a source of nuisance in municipal landfills because of their biodegradability. In this research, those wastes are known as biowaste. The objectives of this research were to calculate the inventory of municipal biowaste at Yogyakarta city and determine the source of municipal biowaste. Methods used in this research were field observation, mapping, and also municipal waste measurement and sampling based on Indonesian National Standard SNI 19-3964-1994, Method of Collecting and Measurement of Samples and Composition of Urban Waste. The result form the research showed that the waste composition generally contain 47 municipal biowaste. This research classified the result based on the waste produced by residences and waste produce by city public facility. Residences at Yogyakarta City produce around 61,12% municipal biowaste. Public facilities at Yogyakarta city produce around 30% of municipal biowaste. Most of biowaste in public facility was generate from traditional market and restaurant. From the result of inventory calculation, recommendation of biowaste treatment and management at Yogyakarta city could be determined.

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