#TITLE_ALTERNATIVE#

• Main Author: NURYANI (NIM 15304076), NOVI
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/11070
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Battery a lot of used in life everyday. Because of hazardous metal contents, battery classified hazardous toxic material. Batteries represent a large volume of toxic and hazardous materials in common use, and these materials must be managed to avoid or minimize dissipation into the environment. Total hazardous toxic material household waste in Bandung City estimated is not more 2 %. Although the total is least, with waste management at Indonesia in this time, that is open dumping system, make possible the happening of hazardous toxic material accumulation. The accumulation at one time will achieve certain concentration level. Negative impact may be happens are soil and ground water pollution in surrounding area. Around 39,9% respondents keeps waste battery in their home, 55,6% respondents throws away with other household waste, 1,45% respondents throw away waste battery into their yard and around 3,14% respondents buries it into soil. Waste batteries percentage total in domestic waste city is only 0,0475%. This percentage total is very little so doesn't close possibility that waste batteries not detection enter into landfill, remember the percentage is very little compared with total domestic waste city. One of alternatives in negative impact prevention towards environment is collecting waste batteries apart from another domestic waste into certain places before treated by battery producers. This research uses questioner which then analyzed with SPSS software aid. Sampling is conducted with random system. The respondent consists of university students, senior and junior high school students and ordinary people. Waste batteries collection test was done at several schools and supermarkets. Survey to some supermarkets detects battery consumption level of society. Around 90% respondents have positive opinion towards technical aspect of waste batteries management and alternative that submitted. Positive responses were shown by society for a better management waste battery. It is found that waste batteries collecting system can be done peculiarly. <br />