Household income, living and working conditions of dumpsite waste pickers in Bantar Gebang: Toward integrated waste management in Indonesia

Sasaki, Shotaro; Araki, Toshimitsu; Tambunan, Armansyah H.; Prasadja, Heru

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2014.05.006

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“…The median household income of the landfill slum in this study was comparatively lower than the median household income of waste pickers (e.g. $150-200/month) for MSW generated from Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia (Sasaki et al, 2014).…”

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“…While the landfill provides economic opportunity for those with no other source of income (Rankokwane and Gwebu, 2006;Wilson et al, 2006), most landfill slum residents are still under the poverty line in spite of the fact that children also work together with adult waste pickers to help support household incomes. A comparison of median household incomes for landfill waste pickers between the capital of Indonesia and the Makassar study site was approximately 1.5 to 2 times higher for the Jakarta waste pickers (Sasaki et al, 2014). It could be hypothesized that the markets are different for recycled materials between the two places and that possibly residents in the capital generate more waste and recyclable materials providing better returns for the waste pickers.…”

Section: Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger: Mdgmentioning

confidence: 98%

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Life in a landfill slum, children's health, and the Millennium Development Goals

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Wilson

Watson

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Science of The Total Environment

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Section: Incomecontrasting

confidence: 58%

Section: Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger: Mdgmentioning

confidence: 98%

Life in a landfill slum, children's health, and the Millennium Development Goals

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Wilson

Watson

et al. 2015

Science of The Total Environment

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“…The waste pickers (scavengers), an active group in collecting recyclable waste, play an important role to reduce the amount of inorganic waste in landfill site because most of recyclable materials collected by scavengers are inorganic wastes such as plastic, rubber and metal [11].…”

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Generating Renewable Energy from Municipal Waste Sector: A Comparative Study between Japan and Indonesia

Wahyudi¹,

Novitasari²

2018

IJESD

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Although Indonesia has abundant resources to produce renewable energy (RE) from municipal solid waste (MSW), the implementation of waste to energy (WtE) concept remains low due to several factors. Approximately, 200,000 tons of MSW per day are generated in Indonesia. Improper waste management system in Indonesia is not only causing environmental problems but also inhibiting to get benefits from RE production. This study which was funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) was conducted to obtain a comparative description of WtE implementation between Japan and Indonesia as well as to formulate possible strategies for improving WtE implementation in Indonesia. Direct observations and a series of qualitative depth interviews with stakeholders were conducted both in Japan and Indonesia. This study revealed that the two countries have a different approach of WtE implementation. The implementation of WtE in Japan mostly relies on thermal treatment as a form of intermediate treatment of MSW to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill as well as to increase the life span of landfill. In Indonesia, WtE implementation mostly uses the biological treatment (anaerobic digestion) as a part of final treatment of MSW in landfill. Conducting integrated waste and energy management system is one of best practices from Japan that can be learned and applied in Indonesia to improve the implementation of WtE.Index Terms-Incineration, landfill gas, municipal solid waste, waste to energy. Jatmiko Wahyudi graduated from Chemical Engineering Department, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Indonesia, and got the master degrees in environmental and energy management from the University of Twente, the Netherlands. His major fields of research are the waste management, greenhouse gas and waste to energy. He works for Regional Development Planning Agency, Pati, Central Java Province, Indonesia as a researcher.Mayang Rahmi Novitasari graduated from Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia and got the master degrees in urban and regional planning from same university. Her major fields of research are the renewable energy development, green economy, and urban planning. She is a planner in National Development Planning Agency, Jakarta, Indonesia.

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“…Children were observed in dumpsites in Lahore, Pakistan; Free Town, South Africa; Accra, Ghana; Tafila, Jordan; Kinshasa, Congo [3,6,8,9]. Sasaki et al reported that 4.6% of daily waste pickers in Bantar Gebang dumpsite in Indonesia were children aged below 15 years and additionally many children assisted their parents in waste picking when the schools were closed [10]. Distribution across the age groups show that the ages 18-50 years are well represented but the numbers fall off rapidly beyond 50 years.…”

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Characteristics of Waste Pickers in Nakuru and Thika Municipal Dumpsites in Kenya

Kariuki

Bates

Magana

2019

CJAST

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Dumpsite waste picking is prevalent in many developing countries of which Kenya is one. Waste pickers play an important role in waste recycling by recovering and providing materials to the waste recycling industry. Aim: The purpose of the study was to characterise the demographic and socio-economic factors of waste pickers in Nakuru and Thika municipal dumpsites. Study Design: The research design was a cross-sectional social survey and the sample size was 167. Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out in the largest dumpsite in Nakuru and Thika towns found in Nakuru and Kiambu counties respectively. Methodology: The data was collected by use of structured questionnaire. The data was analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences. Analysis was by frequency tables, χ2 test and t-test at 95% level of confidence. Results: The results show that there was parity by gender in Nakuru but in Thika the proportion of females was much higher than that of males. There was significant association between age and site of operation with waste pickers in Thika being on average younger than in Nakuru (χ = 12.605, d.f. = 3, p = 0.006). Waste pickers in Thika had on average attained a higher level of education than in Nakuru (χ2 = 12.352, d.f. = 3, p = 0.006). Most of the waste pickers (96%) only picked from exclusively from the dumpsite. Waste pickers in Thika spent an average of 10.26±0.23 hours daily in waste picking which was significantly higher (t=-3.709, n=160, p<.001) than at Nakuru (8.97±0.27 hours). The mean number of years of waste picking in Thika was significantly less than in Nakuru (t=4.627, d.f.=158, p<.001). Conclusion: In conclusion, waste pickers play an important role in waste recycling, with waste picking supporting hundreds of waste pickers in the study area, who are important in integrated waste management and need to be understood, appreciated and supported.

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Household income, living and working conditions of dumpsite waste pickers in Bantar Gebang: Toward integrated waste management in Indonesia

Cited by 73 publications

References 25 publications

Life in a landfill slum, children's health, and the Millennium Development Goals

Life in a landfill slum, children's health, and the Millennium Development Goals

Generating Renewable Energy from Municipal Waste Sector: A Comparative Study between Japan and Indonesia

Characteristics of Waste Pickers in Nakuru and Thika Municipal Dumpsites in Kenya

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