Penanganan Sampah Berbasis Pemberdayaan Masyarakat di Kabupaten Labuhanbatu

Abstract

The research aim to describe pattern of waste management and local government policies in waste
management. This research was analyzed qualitatively with a descriptive approach and
quantitatively with a simple statistical approach (without statistical tests). The results show that
the pattern of waste handling in Labuhanbatu Regency is transporting waste from the source
directly to the landfill so that the carrying capacity and capacity of the landfill is overcapacity.
Community empowerment in waste management in Labuhanbatu Regency is still very minimal,
with the percentage of people who have participated in community empowerment programs and
activities carried out by the local government and other agencies per each assessment indicator as
follows: environmental health counseling (10.16%); socialization about waste management and
similar activities (13.115%); participation of members/organizational administrators who care about waste management (6.885%); waste management training to be something economically
valuable (6.885%); getting the opportunity to work in waste recycling management (1.311%);
getting waste management facilities (1.311%); getting business capital for waste management
(1.311%); getting economic benefits from waste management (2.295%); producing several
products from waste recycling management (4.262%); and protection efforts from the local
government when there is a conflict over waste management (3.607%). Labuhanbatu Regency
already has 2 regulations and laws related to waste management, namely: Peraturan Daerah
Kabupaten Labuhanbatu No. 8 Tahun 2017 tentang Pengelolaan Sampah, and Peraturan Bupati
Labuhanbatu No. 48 Tahun 2021 tentang Pelimpahan Sebagian Kewenangan Pengelolaan
Persampahan kepada Camat di Lingkungan Pemerintah Kabupaten Labuhanbatu.
Keywords: waste management, community empowerment, government policy