Sustainable solid waste management in jambi: Challenges and practices against culture

Abstract

The aim of this study is to explore the relationship between culture and waste recycling, in order to provide a possible estimation of the impact of cultural participation upon households behavior within the meta-issue of sustainability. We look at the cognitive and social determinants of pro-environmental behavior. Percentage of wastewater management methods by Regency / City in Jambi Province is known that waste management is still dominated by burning 60.5%, transported by officers as much as 18.4%, dumped into trenches / rivers / sea as much as 11.2%, buried in soil 6%, discarded 3.7% and composted only 0.3%. We used data on household behaviors to highlight the determinants of waste recycling by moving from a cultural - ecological standpoint. The analysis highlights a strong positive relation between the propensity to take part in some cultural activities and the propensity to abide by waste recycling guidelines and prescriptions. Our empirical results indicate that policies aiming at influencing sustainable development by fostering pro-environmental behavior may be more effective when considering the cultural participation dimension as a complementary factor. Therefore, the hierarchy of solid waste management has given the highest priority to reducing resources through 3R, intermediate treatment (waste bank) and final disposal.