The modes of transportation that were used in Gili Trawangan were called cidomo (a carriage pulled by a horse), which has its limitations because it depends heavily on the horse’s strength in transporting the load (waste).Community service is an effort to disseminate science, technology and art to society. The Procurement of Vehicles (Cars and Motorcycles) as one of the waste management infrastructures. The making of Gili Trawangan’s Masterplan on Waste Management to be used as a guide in solving the waste issues in Gili Trawangan with a responsible, sustainable, and environmentally friendly approach.Ģ.The Output of the CSR Program in Gili Trawangan This exposes a real challenge when we also take into consideration the local customs and beliefs that are still held strongly by the people in di Gili Trawangan. Changing people’s way of life and how they do things cannot be done in a short amount of time, especially when they have been doing it for many years. On the other hand, creating a waste management system requires several fundamental changes from the people itself. C ultural Aspect: Many local citizens make a living out of the tourism activities in Gili Trawangan.
The absence of such baselines is what caused North Lombok to not have any budget designated for waste management.ģ.
The regulations regarding waste management will be covered by the local regulation (Perda) and North Lombok’s District Regulation, which are still in the development process and not yet issued. These rules and regulations are also not yet performed strictly. Law and Regulations Aspect: The existing programs and regulations in Gili Trawangan are still in the form of an appeal or recommendation, In addition, the price of building materials became much more expensive.Ģ. For instance, the team needs to rent a barge in order to transport the pickup truck to Gili. Real challenges in the process of building infrastructures andįacilities in Gili.
This emphasizes the huge “role” that tourists have towards the production of waste in Gili. This data was taken in 2016.Īnother interesting finding is that the waste generated from the commercial sector significantly dominates the total amount of waste as contrasted to the waste that is collected from the residential sector. Waste Percentage in Gili Trawangan based on the source. Hence the local communities did not segregate their waste because with the current waste collection system, it will almost likely get mixed again. To begin with, the number of segregated waste bins that exist in Gili Trawangan is still very little. The Conventional Collect-Transport-Dispose Method in theĮxisting Waste Management System, which causes the Waste to be In general, there are three main problems relating to waste in Gili, which are: 1. Evidently, Gili produces an estimated 9 to 20 tons of waste per day. The increasing number of tourists in Gili correlates with the increasing consumption and production activities, which will ultimately lead to a huge amount of waste that is being generated. In addition, the tourists’ growth from both inside and outside the country is around 3,000 to 4,000 people every day. The Gili Trawangan island that is located in Mataram, North Lombok is one of the tourist destinations whose popularity is rising, and can even compete with Bali.īased on the interview conducted by Waste4Change’s team with Gili Eco Trust, the total number of tourists in Gili amounts to 1 million people per year for the past 15 years.