Improvement of campus environment quality: The feasibility study of the University of Lampung integrated waste management

Abstract

The University of Lampung is located in the City of Bandar Lampung. Like many other cities in Indonesia, the city is still having difficulty in solving the waste problems. Meanwhile, the university generates waste of 14.7 tons per day (24.5 m3 per day). The waste produce at university commonly rich in organic content, which is has the potential to be processed into bio-methane. Answering the challenge of implementing a decentralization and zero waste policies, helping to ease the burden of government in handling waste as well as considering the potential of rich organic content of waste, the University of Lampung set up a plan to develop a campus community integrated waste management and carry out innovation in waste processing by utilizing a Biomass Power Plant (Pembangkit Listrik Tenaga Biomasa or PLTBM). The advantage of PLTBM is while converting organic waste into energy (electricity and gas), it produces solid and liquid fertilizer as its byproduct. This paper presents the feasibility study of the plan, specifically on technical aspect. The study was assessed by comparing the condition with and without project. The result of this study can be used by university stakeholders to take actions to make this plan work properly. The plan is expected to improve the campus environment quality, divert 80% of waste being dump into landfill as well as can be a pilot model for a wider communities.