Analisis Pengelolaan Sampah dengan Prinsip 3r Sebagai Upaya Penurunan Volume Sampah pada Ibu Rumah Tangga di Kelurahan Labuhan Deli

Abstract

The environmental problem that has become a national issue is the waste problem. Efforts to Reduce the volume of waste at the household level can be done by applying the 3R principle (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) by involving the participation of housewives. This study was conducted to determine the implementation of waste management with the 3R principle as an effort to Reduce the volume of waste for housewives in Labuhan Deli Village.. The method in this study is a descriptive survey to see an overview of waste management with 3R principles on housewives in Labuhan Deli Village. The results showed that the respondents were housewives aged 55-56 years (37.8%), the last education was elementary school (51%), family income below Rp. 3,000,000 (63.3%), Malay ethnicity (72.4%) and having <5 family members (77.6%) with household waste generated in 6 days is 397.5 Kg or every day household waste produced is 0.676 Kg/day and 0.166 Kg/person/day with 90% organic waste and 10% inorganic waste. The composition of the most waste is food waste as much as 83.3%. Waste management with the principle of Reduce for most housewives is in the low category, namely 75 housewives (76.5%), waste management with the principle of Reuse for some housewives is in the medium category, namely 46 housewives (46.9%) , waste management with the Recycle principle in most housewives is in the low category, namely 96 housewives (98%), and waste management with the 3R principle in most housewives is in the low category, namely 88 housewives (89.8%). Then almost all housewives are not aware of the Regional Regulation and the Medan Mayor Regulation relating to the management of household waste as well as a fine of 10,000,000 or imprisonment for 3 months for anyone who litters.