THE AUTHORITY OF THE WEST JAVA PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT IN WASTE MANAGEMENT (SARIMUKTI LANDFILL CASE STUDY)

Waste is a complex problem experienced by both developing and developed countries. Population increase is one of the factors that increase waste generation. West Java is a province with a high population density so that the waste generated is very large. Waste management is the shared responsibility of all parties, including the Central Government, Local Government, and the community as the waste producer itself. In waste management, landfill is the lowest hierarchy of landfills. Sarimukti Landfill is one of the landfills that serves quite a lot of areas, namely Greater Bandung, so it is currently experiencing overload. The fullness of Sarimukti Landfill is trying to be reduced by the Government in several ways such as the construction of TPST to the optimization of TPS 3R and Waste Bank