Environmentally Friendly Waste Management in South Surabaya

Youth Participation as Non-State Actors in Supporting Urban Waste Management Through Student Waste Bank

“…Especially after the tragedy of the landslide in the waste pile at the Leuwigajah Final Processing Site, Cimahi City, West Java, due to heavy rains on the piles of garbage that were so mountainous on February 21, 2005. Over 147 people lost their lives, several people were declared missing, and 2 villages were lost due to being buried in an avalanche of rubbish (Larasati, Hariyanto, & Mahmud, 2022). The government then set February 21 as National Waste Awareness Day as a reminder to all of us that the problem of waste is not something that can be dismissed lightly.The strategy adopted to deal with the city's waste problem requires synergy from various actors ranging from the central government, regional governments, policymakers, academia, the private sector, the media, to the community (Karnawijaya, Rokhaniyah, & Hadiningrum, 2022).…”