UTILIZATION PATTERN OF NEWSPAPERS AND RECYCLE POTENTIAL OF USED NEWSPAPERS (Case Study: Bandung City)

• Main Author: DINI INDRESWARI (NIM 15304082); Pembimbing: Prof. Dr. Ir. Enri Damanhuri, ADISTI
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/13936
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Bandung City has a high potential to generate a large amount of wastes, one of the material that has a potential to become waste is used newspapers. Newspaper is a recyclable material and has a high potential, both environmentally and economically, therefore it is needed to develop a recycle infrastructure of used newspapers in Bandung City to optimize its use. 94% of all newspapers published in Bandung City are sold, and only 6% that are not sold. Only 1% of society of Bandung City that don't have any newspaper, the rest, 99% has it. The amount of newspapers in society reaches the number of 2.915 tons/month. Of all used newspapers, 38% is sold, 37% is stored, 13% is given, 3% is thrown, and the rest, 9% is another. Waste recycle in Indonesia is dominated by informal sectros. Material flow of used nespapers generally is pemulung/tukang loak – lapak – bandar kecil – bandar besar – recycle manufacture. The final destination is recycle manufacture where paper waste is being reprocessed to be raw material. Persentage of used newspapers in recycle performers ranges from 8-13%, with the buying price ranges from Rp. 800,00/kg-Rp.1.000,00/kg, and the selling price ranges from Rp.1.200,00/kg-Rp.1.700,00/kg.