IMPLEMENTATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENTS ON ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN WASTE MANAGEMENT IN THE SPECIAL REGION OF YOGYAKARTA
Yeni Widowaty and Laras Astuti
Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta
Abstract
The waste generated from households always increases every day, appearing to uncontrolled volume of waste. According to Law Number 18 of 2008 concerning waste management "Every person is prohibited from garbage disposing not at the designated place". However, researcher found that many people are still littering without take an action. This research aims to know the implementation of law enforcement on pollution and/or enviromental damage in waste management and the suitable concept on law enforcement againts pollution in waste management in the future. This research is a socio-legal research based on primary and secondary data. The data were analized using flow model of analysis. The results of research show that the Special Region of Yogyakarta local government has regulated waste management, which has been implemented at the district and city level. Thus, the lack of socialization causes people littering. The ideal sanction will be based on restorative justice concept. The perpetrators and victims face each other and a third party as a facilitator; it is expected for decreasing the littering.
Keywords: Law enforcement, waste management, pollution and / environmental damage
Topic: ASIAN Conference on Comparative Laws