Abstract:
One of the government's efforts to handle and process waste is by initiating waste banks in several districts/cities. One of them is Bekasi Regency, namely the JaMiLah waste bank. This research aims to measure the waste generation and waste composition of JaMiLah waste bank and to determine knowledge and attitude factors influence toward awareness of society around JaMiLah waste bank. Using the quantitative method with the environmental aspect population is Bekasi regency waste bank, and the population of the social aspect is Residents of Graha Cikarang that chosen purposively. The result of this research is, the average yield of waste generated in the JaMiLah waste bank is 18.82 kg/person and 5.97 l/person. The largest waste generation was on 13 June 2020, as much as 31.64 kg/person. These results indicate that on 13 June 2020, this is the first weighing carried out returned by the JaMiLah waste bank after a long period of not weighing it during the month of Ramadan. The waste composition is dominated by cardboard waste because RW 17 has several shops or other businesses. The influence of knowledge on awareness of JaMiLah waste bank H1 is accepted, with a significant value of 0.002. The influences of attitude on awareness of JaMiLah waste bank H2 is accepted, with a significant value of 0.000. The influences of knowledge and attitude on awareness of JaMiLah waste bank H3 is accepted, with a significant value of 0.000. Based on the results of the environmental aspects and social aspect that have been analyzed, it can be concluded that the average waste that enters the JaMiLah waste bank is 18.82 kg/person and 5.97 l/person, the largest waste generation is 31.64 kg/person, the composition of waste in the JaMiLah waste bank is dominated by cardboard. Knowledge and attitude partially and simultaneously have a significant influence on awareness of the JaMiLah waste bank.
