Kolaborasi Medan Berkah: An Effort To Realize an Eco-Friendly City in Handling Medan City Waste Management

Abstract

An eco-friendly city is one indicator of the development of people's living standards. Where they can live comfortably in it. The government of Medan city, through Kolaborasi Medan Berkah programmed, is committed to making Medan an eco-friendly city. This is an evidenced that Medan City winning back the Adipura award in the Metropolitan city category after 12 years. Kolaborasi Medan Berkah programmed is a form of the city government's commitment to achieve Medan City's mission as a sustainable, clean, and conducive city. This is very interesting to discuss because the policies implemented by the city government impact the quality of people’s life. The purpose of this study is to determine the opportunities and challenges of Medan City in Kolaborasi Medan Berkah programmed to achieve that Medan is an eco-friendly city and its impact on the quality of people’s life in Medan. This research used qualitative methods with interviews as primary data and literature review from as a secondary data. Previous research showed that the responsibility of local government in waste management created community enthusiasm and active participation in waste segregation. The result of this research is Kolaborasi Medan Berkah programmed could have government to achieve Medan as an eco-friendly city because of the Medan City Government's commitment.