Study on Environmental Health Aspect of Plastic Refinery in MASARO Cirebon Unit in Indonesia

The main problems regarding waste management issue in Indonesia is the increasing volume and the rate of waste produced along with the increasing cost of handling, as well as the lack of attitude and behaviour of the people in managing waste. MASARO or Management Sampah Zero is a zero waste management system that offers the handling of waste until it is fully reduced to zero. One of the units in MASARO is plastic refinery, which handles plastic film waste and turns it into fuel. This refinery unit produce smoke and water as waste. A study is done in the aspect of environmental safety and health, focusing on the analysis of the smoke and the waste water. The analysis showed that all aspects from gas meet the environmental standar, but the height of the chimney need to be made higher for about 5 m. All aspects from waste water meet the environmental standard, except nitrate, phenol, and COD by potassium dichromate, which need to be treated afterwards using waste water treatment.