Since 2008, the waste bank's activities have started to run waste and intensified in the community with very good response from communities spread throughout Indonesia as evidenced by the establishment and operation of waste banks significantly. Work programs and forms of cooperation which already starts and disseminated to the public in an effort to manage waste is through waste bank. The government should establish cooperation with all parties to resolve the waste problem, either with the community, agencies, and private stakeholders associated with this affair. Nevertheless, the government can not stand alone in addressing and dealing with the waste problem because of constraints and lack of expertise in issuing regulations, the provision of facilities, meeting facilities, hiring personnel, run agencies as well as the provision of land to manage waste. Given the magnitude potential of waste produced by its population, the government continues to make efforts to be able to handle and solve the problems of waste, either through work programs, regulations, official establishments and special forces assignments dialed with waste and the environment. Most of the waste generated each day come from urban communities which almost 57% of Indonesia's population reside or stay in the big cities, especially in Java.

The average population of Indonesia, produces 0.8 kg of waste/person/day, equivalent to 200 million kg of waste/day, which in 2015, waste generated has reached 204,000 tons of garbage/day or equivalent with 74 million tons of waste/year.

The amount of population waste which is produced daily is very high because it is directly proportional to the number of inhabitants. The large population have impacts on variety of issues which include problems of waste produced by its population. Abstract Indonesia is the fourth largest country in the world with total population of 256 million by 2015.

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