Waste Management in the Simeulue Coast of Aceh Province (Case Study in Suka Maju Village, Simeulue Timur District)

Abstract

: Waste Management is becoming a prominent discussion due to direct contiguous with human culture and lifestyle. Simeulue Regency is one of the specific places that experience the escalation of population and economic sectors; hence, the number of wastes also increase by the times. It is not an uncommon sight to find wastes or rubbishes spreading around every coastal in Simeulue Regency, primarily in Suka Maju Village. The seawalls are full of garbages from the citizen. The field observation has found out the trigger of the accumulation of the waste are caused by the lack of awareness from the people about littering and the government who is seemingly indifferent with the area. The limitation of garbage carrier is the main problem for the government, according to the local information, the interval of garbage transportation spends 4 until 5 days long. It causes most of the garbage officers who come from each route can not finish their job. Meanwhile, government policy has not a significant role to be obeyed. The increasing of waste products without proper management will never create a better environment. This research is qualitative research which priorities the information from the competence interviewers. They were selected from the local communities and related citizen services. The result shows that there are some possibilities things to solve the massive garbages in Suka Maju Village. Some factors in managing the waste are behavior and culture of people such as the way of collecting, transporting and disposing of the waste.