ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Waste Management Strategy as an Effort
to Reduce Emissions Due to Open Waste
Burning: Demak Regency Case Study
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Department of Environmental Engineering, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang 50275, Indonesia
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Graduate Programs in Environmental Systems, Graduate School of Environmental Engineering,
The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu 808-0135, Japan
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Environmental Sustainability Research Group, Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,
Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang 50275, Indonesia
Submission date: 2023-07-13
Final revision date: 2023-10-03
Acceptance date: 2023-11-28
Online publication date: 2024-04-15
Publication date: 2024-04-18
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2024;33(4):3953-3962
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ABSTRACT
Waste management services in the Demak Regency only reached 35% in 2021, resulting in those
without waste management services using outdated waste disposal methods such as littering, river
dumping, hoarding, and open waste burning. Open waste burning activities are dangerous to the
environment because they produce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, namely carbon dioxide (CO2),
methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O), causing extreme climate change that affects land productivity.
This study aims to develop a waste management plan to reduce emissions from open waste burning in
the Demak Regency. A transect walk survey determined the waste burning point and the burned waste
composition. IPCC 2006 is the basis for calculating emissions and determining emission-reduction
strategies using the analytical hierarchy process (AHP). As a result, the projection of open burning
of waste in the Demak Regency increases the amount of waste in open burning every year. In 2022,
the projected emissions from open burning activities amounted to 48.69 Gg/year, and in 2031 to
55.08 Gg/year. After waste management, the emission rate due to open burning activities in 2022
will be 27.87 Gg/year, and in 2031 will be 31.53 Gg/year. There is a considerable decrease of 42.76%.
Therefore, there is excellent potential for emissions reduction through improved waste management.