Woman and Urban Waste Management: A Case Study of Surakarta City

Abstract

Waste pollution will continue to be a severe problem, but many people are unaware of it. With population growth, industrial development, urbanization, and modernization, waste will continue to increase. Surakarta is one of the cities with an overcapacity landfill that has not been resolved, so the waste bank program that encourages people to practice the 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) will undoubtedly help the unresolved problem. Moreover, households contributed the most to the national waste, which reached 42.23% of the total. Women's participation in collecting recyclables from municipal waste, dumpsites, or landfills, on the other hand, was noticeable in almost all countries. So, the participation of homemakers in waste bank activities can be one solution to the waste problem. This study aims to see the significance of the role of women in household waste management. The descriptive approach method is used in the study to accurately represent an issue and its conditions. Secondly, quantitative analysis methods were used: by using multiple regression linear to estimate the determinants of Willingness to Pay for waste management. The results show that the significant data of the respondents of waste bank customers in Surakarta City that in fact, 85 percent are dominated by women. Thus, the research clearly shows that women have an essential role in the household's waste management.