STUDY ON FACTORS OF PARTICIPATION AND COOPERATION OF WASTE BANK IN INDONESIA

Abstract

 In recent years, serious in attention urban waste management has been built in Indonesia. Many waste recovery projects were establishes for recycling households waste with community-based management called “Waste Bank”. In this study, we focused to clarify the factors influence local residents to participate in the Waste Bank, conducted a survey about the awareness of the waste problem and Waste Bank. Data are collected from member and non member of waste bank and analyzed with covariance structure analysis. The results clearly identified different level of residents' participation in members and non-members. Member knowledge affects the goal intention. Social norm evaluation influenced behavioral intention of Non-members. Also, it is possible to copy the activities of the waste bank from the strong association with efficacy perception and social norms evaluation for waste bank improvement.