From Garbage to Profit: Creative Economy and 3R Waste Management System in Tenganan Tourism Village Bali

Abstract

Trash as products of debris that resulted from activities of homemade industry or merely daily family’s consumption. This study aims at investigating implementation procedure of 3-R (Reduce-Reuse- Recycle). By applying descriptive qualitative analysis, a focus group discussion was conducted equipped with observation, interview of purposive sampling procedure in order to collect a primary data. The results of the study reveal that the community group of 3-R in Tenganan tourism village as an attempt to solve the garbage problem in village areas is done through some steps. At first counselling and training was conducted in order to broaden the community insight about trash management system prior to the creative economy of utilizing garbage for profit. It is further suggested that the organic products resulted from the application of organic fertilizers of 3-R system will be certified by the related authority.