Optimization of waste transportation route at waste transfers point in Lowokwaru District, Malang City

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S. Hariyani, C. Meidiana

2018 IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science Vol. 148 Issue 1 Conference paper Cited by 4 Quartile

Abstract

Increasing population led to the emergence of the urban infrastructure services issue including waste problems especially waste transportation system. Data in 2016 shows that the amount of waste in Malang was 659.21 tons / day. The amount of waste transported to landfill only reached 464.74 tons / day. This indicates that not all waste can be transported to the landfill Supiturang because Level of Service (LoS) reached 70.49%. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of waste transportation system and determine the fastest route from waste transfers point in Lowokwaru district to the landfill Supiturang. The data collection method in this research were 1) primary survey by interview officials from the Sanitation and Gardening Agency which questions related to the condition of the waste transportation system in waste transfer point, 2) Secondary survey related to data of waste transportation system in Malang City i.e the amount of waste generation in waste transfer point, number of garbage trucks and other data related to the garbage transportation system. To determine the fastest route analyzed by network analyst using ArcGIS software. The results of network analyst show that not all routes are already using the fastest route to the landfill Supiturang. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.

Affiliations

Urban and Regional Planning Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Brawijaya, East-Java, Malang, Indonesia