ANALYSIS OF INFLUENCING FACTORS OF EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY FOR ELECTRONIC WASTE: A CASE STUDY OF BANDUNG CITY

• Main Author: Nurawaliah, Hanifah
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Subjects: Teknik saniter dan perkotaan; teknik perlindungan lingkungan
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/70872
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

One of the policy concepts that can be implemented in electronic waste (e-waste) management is Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). This policy implies that manufacturers have a significant extension of responsibility for the environmental impacts throughout the product’s life cycle, including impacts from upstream (product selection) to downstream (product disposal). This study on the EPR of electronic waste was conducted in Bandung city, which was the first in the study of electronic waste generation in Indonesia. E-waste management in Bandung city will become the focus of attention of the local government due to its composition, which is approximately 9% of the total generation of hazardous waste from households. This study analyzed the factors that influence the EPR of electronic waste using the Analytic Network Process (ANP) and multiple linear regression tests. ANP was used to determine the priority of EPR policy instruments with respondents who are experts in waste management and EPR. Meanwhile, multiple linear regression tests were used to determine the influencing factors from a stakeholder perspective on planning EPR for electronic waste implementation in Bandung city. The study concluded that administrative and economic instruments are the two priority factors in the implementation of EPR for e-waste with a weight or level of agreement of 0.37 for administrative instruments and 0.36 for economic instruments. These results are relevant to the research by Zheng et al. (2017) that regulatory and legal factors are important factors in the EPR mechanism followed by the informative instrument (0.27). The collection aspect (0.387) in administrative instruments is the most dominant factor. Meanwhile, priority factors in economic and information instruments include product development subsidies (0.27) and awareness campaigns to producers (0.33). All respondents agreed that Bandung needs to involve producer responsibility organizations in the EPR mechanism for electronic waste (0.34). The results of multiple linear regression analysis showed several significant factors for each respondent which focused on consumers, retailers, and the informal sector. This priority analysis developed a strategy that emphasizes the urgency to integrate aspects of waste through a regulatory, institutional, technical operational, financing, and community participation perspective. This study proposes an EPR scheme for electronic waste in Bandung where EPR costs come from consumers of electronic products through increased product prices based on the sales function. The design for environment (DfE) incentive was highly recommended in the EPR scheme because it will motivate manufacturers to innovate products to be environmentally friendly, minimize the use of hazardous and toxic materials, and be easy to process further. Collection of e-waste in Bandung city can be conducted through licensed collectors such as retailers, Garbage Banks, recondition/informal sector services, waste management startups, the private sector, and Dinas Lingkungan Hidup dan Kebersihan Kota Bandung. The informal sector is still involved in the EPR system because of its significant role in e-waste management. The Informal Sector Integration approach needs to be tested in the city of Bandung to build informal recycling activities in partnership with formal industries. In this case, Dinas Lingkungan Hidup dan Kebersihan Kota Bandung can provide training and technical guidance regarding the proper and correct collection of electronic waste. Funds from electronics manufacturers are centrally managed by the Badan Pengelola Dana Lingkungan Hidup to then be distributed to parties who can claim subsidies for EPR funds such as electronic waste collectors and processors, including the Badan Layanan Umum Daerah (BLUD). In the scheme, the roles of each stakeholder are described. The proposed EPR scheme is flexible and needs to be tested and then evaluated periodically.