Waste management of toll roads towards green infrastructure in Indonesia

Abstract

Waste management is a complex problem in Indonesia. There are waste and waste disposal heaps at many locations, for examples in residential areas, traditional markets, sightseeing locations, unused-land, drains and road sides in the city, and also on toll road side. The aim of this study is to find out how to manage waste and reduce the illegal waste disposal along toll road side in Indonesia. Based on the monitoring data on all 29 toll roads in Indonesia i.e. toll roads in Java island, Sumatra island, Bali island, and Sulawesi island, there are many illegal waste disposal sites found at many locations along toll road sides, especially on the inter-city toll roads. Therefore, waste management of toll road in order to develop green infrastructure in Indonesia is crucial. Waste management could begin with periodic monitoring along the toll road, availability of waste/trash disposal receptacles at each rest-area, cooperation between road authority and the local government to manage waste and educate the society, develop holistic and integrated waste disposal management, regular campaign regarding 3R (reduce-reuse-recycle) until the adherence to public orderliness regulation. Results of this study are beneficial to manage waste and reduce illegal waste disposal locations along toll road side towards green infrastructure, not only in Indonesia but also in other developing countries with similar conditions.