Abstract

Waste banks are one of the solutions to reduce waste in Indonesia. The role of waste bank managers is not the same as scavengers, they are expected to have entrepreneurial characteristics and personal characteristics. This study is aimed to identify and to analyze some factors of entrepreneurial activities contribute in the growth of sustainable waste banks. This study is held in Sawangan Depok. The first research phase of primary data was collected through a questionnaire to 111 active waste bank managers using census techniques, and the data were analyzed with Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The result shows that the entrepreneurial activities are most influenced by entrepreneurial characteristics γ=0.70). Entrepreneurial characteristics of the 'waste bank manager' are formed by motivation (λ= 0.40), risk (λ= 0.49), and innovation (λ= 1.00). It impliens that the higher inovation held by 'waste bank manager', the higher possibility held to growth of sustainable waste banks.

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