Identifying Stakeholders’ Role in Waste Management in the Sanitation and Environment Agency of Kupang City

Abstract

This is a study to identify the role of stakeholders in waste management in the Sanitation and Environment Agency of Kupang city conducted by M.N.B.C. Neolaka; A. O. Ena Mau and A. Fallo. The purpose of this study is to (1) identify the stakeholders in waste management in the Sanitation and Environment Agency of Kupang city; (2) identify and explain the role of stakeholders in waste management in the Sanitation and Environment Agency of Kupang city; (3) describe and analyze the supporting and inhibiting aspects of the stakeholders' role in waste management in the Sanitation and Environment Agency of Kupang city. The approach used in this study was qualitative, whose type of research is a case study; it was a case relating to the role of stakeholders that have been identified in waste management. Research conducted at the Sanitation and Environment Agency of Kupang city, and in six sub-districts in Kupang city focusing on the role of the government, which in this case, the Sanitation and Environment Agency of Kupang city in dealing with the waste problem. It also discussed the role of the community and organizations concerning the waste problem in the city of Kupang.The results revealed that the Sanitation and Environment Agency of Kupang city played a role in waste management: planning, implementing, and supervising. Other stakeholders having a role in waste management in Kupang City were the Urban Village apparatus, neighborhood and community association (Indonesian: Rukun Tetangga or RT and Rukun Warga or RW), Sanitation Officers (collectors, transporters, and waste sorters from waste temporary disposal site (Indonesian: Tempat Pembuangan Sementara or TPS) to waste final disposal site (Indonesian: Tempat Pembuangan Akhir or TPA), stakeholders from the Community Element (households, community groups, students groups, scavengers, collectors, as well as small and medium enterprises), and private parties (managers of tourist attractions and companies).

Keywords: Role, Stakeholders, Management, Solid Waste, Environment, Sanitation

DOI: 10.7176/PPAR/10-12-02

Publication date: December 31^st 2020