Prevention of environmental pollution through waste management is carried out by
reducing and handling waste. It is regulated in Article 12 paragraph (1) of Law Number
18/ 2008 concerning Waste Management. The purpose of this study was to “Determine
Efforts To Prevent Environmental Pollution Through Waste Management On The
Market Activity Kapuas Hulu Regency, West Kalimantan Province”. It aimed to
discover the enforcement efforts of the government and regulate obstacles in
environmental pollution due to market activities.This study was conducted in Sibau Hulu
Village, Kapuas Hulu Regency, West Kalimantan Province. The researcher used
empirical methods carried out with primary legal materials and secondary legal
materials and then draw conclusions about the legal issues under study. The results of the
study showed that the prevention of environmental pollution through market waste
management has not been optimally implemented due to several obstacles. The obstacles
were the Department of Environment of Public Housing and Settlement Area according
to the Regional Regulation of Kapuas Hulu Regency Number 4/2011 concerning
Retribution on Waste / Hygiene Services. As for the obstacles regarding the waste
problem in the market activities of the Government, the lack of certainty in the
regulations affected the people who disposed of the garbage as inappropriate did not
deter, even though the regulations were to be obeyed. And other obstacles were facilities
and infrastructure for final waste disposal sites (TPSA).