The Role of Stakeholder in Municipal Solid Waste Management: A review

Abstract

Municipal waste is still a big problem in Indonesia. Generally, the largest waste composition is dominated by organic waste, followed by plastic waste, and so on. Previous studies conducted in Salatiga Municipality show that cooperation between stakeholders, both from the formal and informal sectors, is needed in managing municipal waste. This paper will explore the extent of the role of stakeholders in waste management in Indonesia and the successful good practices in handling urban waste, aiming for actor identification, mapping, and opportunity for a collaboration. This research is library research carried out by collecting literature using several search engines, namely the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and Research Gate. Data related to the role of stakeholders was collected over the last ten years. This study found several stakeholders who play an important role in city waste management, especially from the Integrated Sustainable Waste Management (ISWM) perspective. The role of each stakeholder is explained in this research, but what is more important is to develop collaboration among stakeholders to realize ISWM in the city waste management.