Plagiarism Checker: Municipal Solid Waste Generation, Composition, and Management: Manado City

Takaendengan, Teddy and Padmi, Tri and Sembiring, Emenda and Damanhuri, Enri (2017) Plagiarism Checker: Municipal Solid Waste Generation, Composition, and Management: Manado City. 2nd International Conference on Education, Science, and Technology (ICEST 2017), 149. pp. 223-226. ISSN 2352-5398

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Abstract

This study is intended to identify the conditions of municipal solid waste generation, composition and management and waste transportation system in Manado City, the capital of North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Data collected throughout this study was the amount and characteristics of residential wastes, the types and the amounts of waste collecting sites, waste collector and transporter systems, and the amount of waste entering Sumompo Landfill. The determination of waste amounts and compositions used [1]. Data on demography and other supporting data have been collected from Manado City governmental offices. Data of locations and a number of waste collectors and transporters was also validated from field observations. With around of 414,116 inhabitants, the amount of wastes generated was 0.78 kg/capita/day or equivalent to 2.49 litres/capita/day. The average daily waste generation was 227.22 tonnes/day. Furthermore, the composition of waste from residential areas was dominated by organics (57%), followed by plastic (20%) and papers (16%). The number of temporary containers spread across the city of Manado was around 575 units, where most of them in the form of the non-static bin. In addition, the overall volume of the existing bins was 376.7 m3. The vehicle of waste collecting and transporting used was 53 units, consisting of several types of vehicles, with 240 m3 of total volume. The system of waste collecting and the routes of waste transportation in residential areas were managed by sub-district according to local sanitation offices directions.

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