Promotion of Producer Contribution to Solve Packaging Waste Issues—Viewpoints of Waste Bank Members in the Bandung Area, Indonesia

Antonius Priyo Nugroho Sulami, Takehiko Murayama () and Shigeo Nishikizawa
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Antonius Priyo Nugroho Sulami: Department of Trans-Disciplinary Science and Engineering, School of Environment and Society, Tokyo Institute of Technology, G5-9 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama City 226-8502, Japan
Takehiko Murayama: Department of Trans-Disciplinary Science and Engineering, School of Environment and Society, Tokyo Institute of Technology, G5-9 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama City 226-8502, Japan
Shigeo Nishikizawa: Department of Trans-Disciplinary Science and Engineering, School of Environment and Society, Tokyo Institute of Technology, G5-9 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama City 226-8502, Japan

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 7, 1-13

Abstract: As regulations have developed, the waste management sector in Indonesia has increasingly expected producer involvement in waste reduction activity through the enactment of new regulations. In addition, the recent development of the waste management sector now involves community-based approaches such as waste banks. This study aims to determine the relationship between extended producer responsibility implementation and the waste bank concept. A questionnaire survey was designed and applied to waste bank members of two waste banks in the Bandung municipality, Indonesia. Several factors were identified that can be considered by producers to promote their contribution in dealing with the packaging waste issue, such as producer consideration and contribution, knowledge level, collection, and awareness of the importance of packaging waste issue. The result also shows that involving feedback from waste banks can provide some insights to expand and develop producer contribution in reducing the impact of packaging waste. Producers can improve collection and recyclability of their product packaging while increasing public knowledge on their activity at the post-consumer stage.

Keywords: packaging waste; waste bank; extended producer responsibility; producer; waste management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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