Community Participation In Improving Environmental Protection and Effort Management

Abstract

The aims of this study to examine and elaborate community participation in anticipating and tackling pollution and environmental damage, thereby creating a healthy and sustainable life. Environmental issues are essential to ensure and make the earth and the natural surroundings a livable space for a peaceful and prosperous life. The actions that pollute the environment are tantamount to killing life. Environmental mismanagement can at least be caused by various factors such as education level, economic problems, lifestyle, weakness of the legislative system, and weak supervision of environmental management, causing pollution and damage to the environment. A normative legal method was used to conduct qualitative research. Data were gathered from various sources, including literature, books, laws and regulations, legal theory, and legal expert opinions, with a focus on environmental management and preservation in Indonesia. The results show, the public’s awareness of the environment is limited due to the general public’s ignorance of environmental aspects and not knowing the consequences of polluting and destroying the environment. For this reason, efforts are needed, such as counseling, guidance, role models, and community involvement in tackling environmental problems. Increasing law enforcement activities with an educative-persuasive and preventive dimension needs to be improved and encouraged again. Government performance is also essential to create public participation or awareness of the importance of their environmental functions by working together to clean and maintain.

Analysis of community participation in waste management that supports the agricultural sector in Takalar

“…Reuse: efforts made when the waste is utilized returns without undergoing a process or without a new transformation. Recycle: residue or waste that remains or cannot be utilized directly, then processed or processed to be able to utilize, both as a raw material and as a source of energy (Sulistyaningsih, 2022). Waste can be defined as all work activities that are not provide added value in the process of transforming inputs into outputs along the value stream mapping.…”

“…(Rado, 2022). Waste mismanagement occurs due to education level, economic problems, lifestyle, weak regulatory system, and weak supervision of environmental management (Sulistyaningsih, 2022). The government must avoid waste mismanagement because it hurts the environment and public health.…”

“…Some have carried out campaigns or counseling and assistance to implement 3R, set up waste banks, compost, decompose organic waste using magot, make regulations on waste, supervise and enforce laws, and provide adequate facilities and infrastructure, efficient transport routes using GPS. There are even areas that have converted waste into energy (Alqahtani et al, 2022;Bulekova et al, 2022;Fauzan et al, 2022;Janetasari & Bokányi, 2022;Ramaditya et al, 526 2022;Pratama et al, 2022;Sulistyaningsih, 2022;Sunaryani, 2022;Wahyuni et al, 2022;Xu et al, 2017). However, until now, waste management has not been satisfactory; for example, the 3R activities, namely reuse, reduce, and recycling, have not run optimally (Brotosusilo et al, 2022;Grishaeva et al, 2022;Mwanza et al, 2018;Ramaditya et al, 2021;Oktariani et al, 2022;Sulistyaningsih, 2022;Wahyuni et al, 2022).…”

“…There are even areas that have converted waste into energy (Alqahtani et al, 2022;Bulekova et al, 2022;Fauzan et al, 2022;Janetasari & Bokányi, 2022;Ramaditya et al, 526 2022;Pratama et al, 2022;Sulistyaningsih, 2022;Sunaryani, 2022;Wahyuni et al, 2022;Xu et al, 2017). However, until now, waste management has not been satisfactory; for example, the 3R activities, namely reuse, reduce, and recycling, have not run optimally (Brotosusilo et al, 2022;Grishaeva et al, 2022;Mwanza et al, 2018;Ramaditya et al, 2021;Oktariani et al, 2022;Sulistyaningsih, 2022;Wahyuni et al, 2022). The obstacles are the low level of citizen participation, weak supervision, low collaboration with various stakeholders, and limited facilities, infrastructure, and budget (Fauzan et al, 2022).…”

“…This research focuses on management at the household level so that households can reduce waste as one of the most significant contributors to waste (Grishaeva et al, 2022;Rado, 2022). So far, community participation in waste management is still relatively low due to ignorance of the importance of protecting the environment and the effect of waste on environmental damage (Sulistyaningsih, 2022), and the public has the perception that waste management is the responsibility of the government (Chikowore, 2022;. Therefore the government must focus on informing and building citizen awareness so that they have the initiative and are willing to participate in waste management (Brotosusilo et al, 2022;Syamsari, et al, 2022).…”