Household Solid Waste Management and Composition in Bekasi, Indonesia

BACKGROUND: Waste is any substance that discarded after primary use or worthless, defective, and of no use, it a serious problem in several countries. The largest composition waste Indonesia today food waste. In this country, management still carried out using the landfill method. Therefore, increase generation will have very impact on environment. can lead to global warming, acid rain, depletion ozone layer, etc. AIM: This research aims summarize household solid METHODS: method used quantitative approach surveys field observations. data were collected by measuring waste, as well through interviews. sample amounted 100, comprising three households. RESULTS: results showed was most commonly generated at 66%. role mothers daily handling ingredients family important contributes CONCLUSION: There lack public awareness managing scale