Environmental Citizenship & Plastic Management: The Case Study in the City of Yogyakarta

LATIKA PUTRI B, Gabriel Lele, Dr. Phil S.I.P., M.Si.

2020 | Skripsi | S1 MANAJEMEN DAN KEBIJAKAN PUBLIK

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mencari tahu faktor yang paling mempengaruhi manajemen plastik seorang individu dan untuk menemukan akar masalah dari penumpukan sampah plastik di kota. Artikel ini memberikan wawasan mengenai perilaku individu dan menemukan faktor signifikan dari permasalahan sampah plastik yang selalu ada walaupun banyak regulasi telah ditetapkan oleh pemerintah. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuantitatif dengan data yang didapat dari kuesioner online lalu diproses dengan perangkat lunak SPSS. Dari banyak penelitian terdahulu mengenai topik yang serupa, penelitian ini didasarkan pada perspektif Environmental Citizenships Models untuk mengisi celah pada penelitian terdahulu/yang sudah ada. Hasil dari penelitian ini menyimpulkan bahwa semua variabel yang ada berpengaruh pada sikap seorang individu terhadap manajemen plastiknya. Dari 293 responden, 72.4% adalah mahasiswa. Empat variabel yang paling berpengaruh adalah komunitas, tingkat pendidikan, konsekuensi, dan kesadaran masyarakat

This research aims to breakdown the factors that are mostly affecting people's plastic management to find out the root of why plastic waste kept on piling up in the city. This article provides an insight on individuals' behavior and uncovers a significant factor as to why plastic trashes remain problematic regardless of so many regulations. This research uses a quantitative method acquired with a questionnaire which is processed with a software familiar as SPSS. As it turned out all of the given variables do affect the people's behavior to a certain extent. Only one variable has stronger effect to the person's behavior than the other. As there are so many different journals regarding plastic management, this research attempts to fill the available gap by looking at the problem through a new perspective of Environmental Citizenship. From 293 respondents 72.4% of them were university students and most of the variables perform either really weak or weak correlation to an individual's behavior when it comes to plastic management. However, there are four most prominent factors that influence why a person is acting in a certain way. The first one is being the community where he or she is living or surrounding themselves with; second is their level of education which they have acquired; third is the consequences that a certain individuals are facing; and finally, public awareness which shows the people's sensitivity to their surroundings. While the research results in some limitations which include theoretical problems and the research method.

Kata Kunci : Waste management, Trash Problem, Sustainability, Attitude, Ecology