Pondok’s community participation on sustainable solid waste management

A rapid increase in population growth and urbanization leads to increasing waste generated by the community and decreasing land availability to provide a solid waste disposal site. Waste reduction practices by the community such as recycling and composting are important to reduce waste disposal into landfills as the local residents will learn how to manage their wastes and eventually practice it in their daily lives. This study is focuses on a community of pondok institution to know the level of awareness and knowledge of pondok’s community so that the sustainable solid waste programmes will be long-lasting and effective in addressing the solid waste management issues at pondok. The study showed an overview of the pondok’s community awareness and knowledge on solid waste management. It also showed an overview relationship between knowledge and awareness to barriers and participation of pondok’s community in sustainable solid waste management. By acknowledging these factors, the responsible party or the top management of pondok Institution can figure out programs to increase the pondok’s community awareness and knowledge. This study used stratified sampling technique and had collect data from 99 respondents. This study used Google form to collect information from respondents. After that, the data was processed SPSS software with various analyses such as descriptive analysis, t-test, ANOVA, and correlation analysis. The result showed that the level of knowledge and awareness of pondok’s community is high, however the barriers and participation level was moderate. The result of this study showed different result compare to other studies where there is weak relationship between knowledge, awareness with barriers in Sustainable Solid Waste Management (SSWM). However, there is strong relationship between knowledge, awareness, and barriers with participation in SSWM.