Comparative Study of Legal Responsibility of B3 Waste Producers in Medical B3 Waste Management Crowded in Hospitals Under the Law Indonesia and South Korean Law

Abstract

This study uses a normative legal research type, while the nature of the research used in this writing is descriptive, analytical to analyze and describe the comparative legal responsibility of B3 waste producers in solid medical B3 waste management in hospitals in Indonesia and South Korea. The regulation of the legal responsibility of B3 waste producers in the management of solid medical B3 waste in hospitals in Indonesia is regulated in Law No. 32 of 2009 which states that everyone who produces B3 waste is obliged to manage the waste they produce, including in this case health service facilities that produce medical B3 waste. Medical B3 waste management activities include Reduction and sorting, Storage, Transportation, Processing, Burial and/or Landfill activities of B3 Waste. The management of solid medical B3 waste in hospitals in South Korea was regulated by the Medical Law under the Ministry of Health and Welfare until 1999. The Ministry of Environment announced several regulations for the definition, segregation, packaging, tracking, and final disposal of medical waste. Medical B3 waste management in Korea and Indonesia has similarities in legal, technical and operational aspects. This is one of them because Korea and Indonesia adhere to the same legal system, namely the continental European legal system (civil law).