IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eco/journ2/2017-03-05.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Waste Bank: Waste Management Model in Improving Local Economy

Author

Listed:
  • Dwi Wulandari

    (Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Malang, Jalan Semarang 5, Malang 65145, Indonesia,)

  • Sugeng Hadi Utomo

    (Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Malang, Jalan Semarang 5, Malang 65145, Indonesia,)

  • Bagus Shandy Narmaditya

    (Faculty of Economics, Universitas Negeri Malang, Jalan Semarang 5, Malang 65145, Indonesia)

Abstract

The aim of this study is to explain waste management model through waste bank and explain how households increase their welfare through this model. The findings from this study can be an alternative for other cities in other countries especially developing countries in overcoming waste problems. This research is a descriptive qualitative research with the purpose to get an explanation through indepth interview from stakeholders, households and waste bank managers. The data is analyzed using Huberman and Miles models and the process including data reduction, data display, and verification. The result reveal that waste bank management model not only beneficial in making a clean environment but also has an impact on local economy by increasing the income of housewives around the waste bank. The community expected more support from the government to improve the mechanism of waste bank and a better pricing model for the waste.

Suggested Citation

  • Dwi Wulandari & Sugeng Hadi Utomo & Bagus Shandy Narmaditya, 2017. "Waste Bank: Waste Management Model in Improving Local Economy," International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, Econjournals, vol. 7(3), pages 36-41.
    • Handle: RePEc:eco:journ2:2017-03-05
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.econjournals.com/index.php/ijeep/article/download/4496/2990
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.econjournals.com/index.php/ijeep/article/view/4496/2990
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Fatmawati Fatmawati & Nuryanti Mustari & Haerana Haerana & Risma Niswaty & Abdillah Abdillah, 2022. "Waste Bank Policy Implementation through Collaborative Approach: Comparative Study—Makassar and Bantaeng, Indonesia," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(13), pages 1-15, June.
    2. Okka Adiyanto & Effendi Mohamad & Irianto & Rosidah Jaafar & Muhammad Faishal & Muhammad Izzudin Rasyid, 2023. "Optimization of PET Particle-Reinforced Epoxy Resin Composite for Eco-Brick Application Using the Response Surface Methodology," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(5), pages 1-21, February.
    3. Muhammad Rifqi Ismiraj & Asri Wulansari & Yadi Setiadi & Aditia Pratama & Novi Mayasari, 2023. "Perceptions of Community-Based Waste Bank Operators and Customers on Its Establishment and Operationalization: Cases in Pangandaran, Indonesia," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(14), pages 1-14, July.
    4. Budi Heru Santosa & Dwi Nowo Martono & Rachmadhi Purwana & Raldi Hendro Koestoer & Wiwiek Dwi Susanti, 2023. "Understanding household flood resilience in Tangerang, Indonesia, using a composite indicator method," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 119(1), pages 69-94, October.
    5. Jing Wang & Stephanie D. Maier & Rafael Horn & Robert Holländer & Ralf Aschemann, 2018. "Development of an Ex-Ante Sustainability Assessment Methodology for Municipal Solid Waste Management Innovations," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(9), pages 1-29, September.

    More about this item

    Keywords

    Waste Bank; Community Economics; Indonesia; Waste Management;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eco:journ2:2017-03-05. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Ilhan Ozturk (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.econjournals.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.