This thesis deals with the legal aspects of the protection of the environment
due to the garbage in Yapen Islands Regency. Waste management referred to in
this paper are related to the source of waste, waste management infrastructure,
waste retrieval activity until the process of destruction of garbage that became a
problem for the life of the citizens of a society Islands Regency Yapen.
The research method used is the method of empirical legal research.
Where research is done directly to the respondents in Yapen Islands Regency for
obtaining primary data as the primary data in addition to secondary data as
supporting data.
Waste management shows the Government's efforts to minimize the volume
of waste is always growing. Through this research can be known that besides the
Government, support the community in the implementation of waste management
is very influential towards the success of the cleanliness of the city.