Giwangan Traditional market potentially causes environmental problems due to the
waste resulting from buying and selling activities in the market. The legal issues
raised are, firstly, how the traditional market waste is managed in Yogyakarta City
based on municipal regulation of Yogyakarta number 10 of 2012 concerning waste
management and, secondly, whether there are obstacles in the traditional market
waste management in Yogyakarta City. The data in the empirical legal research were
collected through interview with informants and literature study.
The management of Giwangan traditional market waste by the government of
Yogyakarta City as environmental pollution control effort has not properly been
conducted due to some obstacles, that are, lack of public’s environmental awareness
related to waste management, lack of budget, and technology to manage the
traditional market waste, and lack of waste disposal sites with facility of sorting
waste in Giwangan Traditional Market. The recommendations are: the government is
necessary to provide counseling and guidance for the public consistently, the
government need to allocate the cost for traditional market waste management, and it
is necessary to provide waste separation facility and temporary waste disposal sites.