Household waste management to improve the community economy via waste bank in Medan City

This study was aimed to identify the role of waste bank to reduce waste production and to provide economic value to the community, and also to increase the capacity of waste bank so that it will increase the economic value of the community. This research was conducted in waste bank in Medan. The data collected was primary and secondary data. The data collection techniques used were interviews and observations. The data analysis method used was descriptive method. The results of this study indicated that the role of waste banks in increasing the economic value for people in Medan is still low. So it was needed to increase the capacity of the role of waste banks to perform more leverage by receiving more waste in the community. In its operation, the management of waste bank is still constrained to the limitations of human resources competence, organizational and financial management. Finally, the role of government in accompanying the performance of waste bank in order to have synergy between waste bank, vendor, and financial institution is required.