Spatial Assessment of Illegal Plastic Waste Dumping and Environmental Impacts in Babakan and Cikarawang in Bogor Regency
Oscar Umwanzisiwemuremyi, Zaenal Abidin, Yudi Setiawan
Abstract
Plastic has become essential to our daily lives due to its use in packaging, construction and other applications.However, plastic pollution has become an urgent global challenge due to inadequate disposal of plastic waste worldwide.Illegal dumping, defined as the unauthorized disposal of waste in forests, vacant land, along roadsides, waterways and other areas, continues to exacerbate this issue.The aim of this research was to spatially assess the illegal plastic waste dumping and environmental impacts in the villages of Babakan and Cikarawang in Bogor, Indonesia.We utilized the Avenza Maps application for data collection, along with purposive and Yamane formula sampling, to map factors that lead to illegal dumping.In pursuit of this aim, we employed Geographic Information System technology through Euclidean distance and logistic regression analysis.Our findings reveal that 160 sites were engaged illegal plastic waste dumping, covering areas of 4.244 Km 2 in both villages.As a consequence, these villages face water and air pollution, soil contamination, causing flooding and ecosystem disruption, aggravation of climate change, and biodiversity loss.We conclude that plastic waste management laws and regulations need to be strengthened along with the development of waste collection facilities and the promotion of environmentally friendly packaging.