Contribution of Management Commitment in Industrial Waste Management: Impact on Waste Minimazation

Abstract

Industrial development in the process can have an impact on the environment. The focus of this research is surfactant plant in West Java which has certify for ISO 14001:2015 certified on Environmental Management System. This study aims to evaluate management commitment in environmental management, and commitment management in implementation of waste minimization program. The research method used is a quantitative methods, with observations and reinforced by questionare to workers in the study sites, used secondary data and reference data. Likert scale is used to measure employee attitudes and ultimately categorization. The empirical evidence shows that employee knowledge and attitudes in waste management are good enough, contrary to waste reduction. In the future recommendations, it is necessary to set waste reduction targets in the key performance index (KPI) per department and evaluation per semester or year in achieving targets.