Study of domestic management of electronic waste (E-waste) in Sungguminasa city, Gowa district

Abstract

E-waste is the impact that results from the massive use of electronic goods in the information technology era. The increasing use of electronic goods results in greater electronic waste. The problem of garbage that has not been fully resolved is now increasing with the problem of electronic waste. This study aimed to identify the problems of domestic electronic waste in Sungguminasa City, Gowa Regency in 14 sub-districts of SombaOpu District, Gowa City with a population of 157,448 or about 1.67% of the total population of the Province of South Sulawesi. The research method was direct survey by observing and interviews in the form of e-waste characteristic data retrieval, measurement of e-waste, waste generation potential and analyzing disposal methods and potential economic value of e-waste recycling. From the results of the study, it was found that from 37 types of electronic goods, three devices refrigerators, computers and television with percentage of 17%, 14% and 26% respectively were the common wasted devices. The potential of e-waste generation in SombaOpu District as a whole obtained from 14 villages was 801 838.9 kg / year or 801.8 tons / year. The most widely applied processing method for e-waste was modification, repaired and stored with 55%, 19% and 17% respectively, while the least used e-waste processing method is disposed of at a percentage of 9%. The results of the potential analysis of the economic value of e-waste recycling from 3 electronic items that are quite high had a value of each refrigerator of Rp. 1657807, computer Rp. 2327121, and television Rp. 3625178.