A new funding scheme for MSW management to support WtE program

Abstract

Among many approaches to manage municipal solid waste (MSW), waste to energy (WtE) program through running a landfill gas plant is believed the best way. It deals with waste and energy problems simultaneously. However, even though it offers inevitable benefits, in Indonesia WtE program implementation is stagnant. This study proposes an alternative funding scheme to run the program, i.e. based on resident participation. The study used willingness to pay from Contingent Valuation Method to disclose the participation level. For the purpose, a case study was taken place at City of Depok, West Java Province. The result reveals that the proposed funding scheme is an applicable way for the program. As much as 86% of Depok resident were willing to participate funding the project with the participation range of 20,000 to 200,000 IDR per month. The percentage is even higher, 88%, if there is an incentive such as electricity bill discount to the participants.

Study of Household Willingness to Pay to Improve Solid Waste Management at Residential

“…However, research in four major metropolitan cities in Ghana showed that 53.7% of households were willing to make an additional payment for improvement service [9]. In Depok, Indonesia, 86% of residents were willing to fund the waste-to-energy project, especially if they get an incentive such as an electricity bill discount [10]. The household and firms are willing to pay a premium over current tariffs for high-quality electricity service without outages in Senegal [11].…”

The study of household willingness to pay for solid waste management at Bekasi and Tangerang cities

“…Many efforts have been made to reuse and recycle waste that will have an increasingly attractive economic value to strive for. The research about waste to energy (WtE), showed people wat to pay more for the solid waste management because as a return they get energy from waste [2].…”