SISTEM PENGELOLAAN SAMPAH DI KOTA TILAMUTA KABUPATEN BOALEMO PROVINSI GORONTALO

Abstract

The development of Tilamuta City as the capital of Boalemo Regency which is the centre of government, education, trade and services which implicates to the increase of population growth is directly impact to the tendency of increased and various waste/garbage. The problem of garbage management does not only occur in capital cities but also in small towns with high population density and economics activity. Tilamuta city has no landfills hence some people throw the garbage in the embankment or irrigation prominently for them who live in the riverbank or irrigation. Besides it is found a garbage throwing and combustion in the housing area, the local government of Boalemo Regency in 2008 has established Environment Official which regulates the garbage management. But until today The Environment Official has difficulties regarding to the garbage management in Tilamuta City. According to these situations, the purpose of research is to conduct a study of management system of garbage in Tilamuta City of Boalemo Regency that is viewed from the aspect of operational techniques (containing, collecting, transporting and disposing) and also its institution aspect. The objectives of research are a) to identify the characteristics of garbage in Tilamuta City of Boalemo Regency b) to identify the infrastructure condition of garbage in Tilamuta City of Boalemo Regency, c) to analyze operational and institution pattern of existing of management garbage in Tilamuta City of Boalemo Regency. Scope of the research includes Tilamuta City with 23.504 inhabitants of 311.40 km2 which consists of 11 villages. The research uses a method of qualitative and quantitative descriptive. It uses purposive sampling technique by selecting the respondents of most understanding expectation. Result of the research is the garbage production of Tilamuta City is 63.461 Liter/days. There are 4 villages which have service priority among 11 villages, they are The Village of Hungayonaa, Limbato, Modelomo and Pentadu Barat. The management garbage in Tilamuta City is not absolutely served, it may seen from the less infrastructure of its operational management such as the presence of landfills of 2 x 3 m2 which has no efficient in its management and the amount of 2 dump trucks and 4 wagon to serve the whole of Boalemo Regency. The garbage management in Tilamuta City is a responsibility of Environment Official which is not regulates garbage only. The garbage management performed by Section level or Eselon IV that has not divided the job of planning, performing, controlling, hence the bureaucracy is growing more and with no equal capacity in the garbage management. The influence factors of garbage management are the amount of management staffs and the limited infrastructure, the transportation operational is not optimum and unclearly job divisions especially in the section of garbage management of Environment Official. The recommendation of research is stated that the government of Environment Official should reform the management system of garbage, personnel recruitments, and infrastructure provision of garbage management and increase a socialization of garbage management of community-based. Keywords : Management, Garbage, Institutional