Abstract
While waste banks collect recyclables in several cities in Indonesia, their activities are not sufficiently investigated yet. We conducted a questionnaire survey for residents in Balikpapan city and analyzed relationship between recognition, awareness, actions of residents and activities of the waste banks. The result suggests that awareness and actions of residents near the waste banks for waste separation are promoted by use of the waste banks. Based on the result of relative analysis on waste separation actions near the waste banks, we found that there were relationships among concern and recognition of waste issues and waste separation, evaluation and implementation of waste separation actions, and dissemination of importance of waste separation to others. This result implies that activities of the waste banks promote the relations.
