Cross-boundary household waste flows and service inequality in a peri-urban settlement in Indonesia
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Peri-urban settlements often face incomplete waste service coverage and may depend on nearby urban waste infrastructure, yet routine household waste movement across adjacent administrative boundaries remains under-documented. This study examines household waste flows in Sooko Village, a peri-urban settlement located at the border between Mojokerto Regency and Mojokerto City, East Java, Indonesia. A descriptive quantitative case-study design combined field observation, interviews, waste sampling, service coverage data, subsystem-based mass-balance analysis, and the Gini Index to examine both waste flow structure and service inequality. Three operational subsystems were identified, i.e. an unserved subsystem outside the verified formal collection system, a within-boundary formal subsystem, and a cross-boundary formal subsystem linked to facilities managed by Mojokerto City. The results showed that 53.07% of the estimated household waste generation was associated with formal collection, while 46.93% remained outside the formal collection system. The cross-boundary subsystem accounted for 1895.2 kg/day, exceeding the within-boundary subsystem (597.2 kg/day), while the unserved subsystem generated 2203.6 kg/day. The Gini Index of 0.458 indicated uneven distribution of formal collection coverage across community units. These findings suggest that peri-urban waste routing reflects practical infrastructure access as well as administrative boundaries. Improving local waste management therefore requires recognition of cross-boundary routing, expansion of formal collection coverage in unserved areas and appropriate cross-jurisdictional coordination between neighboring local governments.
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