This study aims to examine empirically about how the responsibility of the city
government to carry out environmentally sound waste management and to find out
the obstacles and solutions taken or implemented in its application in the city of
Yogyakarta. This type of research is empirical legal research. This empirical legal
research is a type of research that focuses on social facts. Methods of data
collection in the form of library studies and interviews. The purpose of this research
is to find out the Local Government responsibility in implementing an
enviromentally sound waste management program in Yogyakarta. The research
findings indicate that the responsibility of the Yogyakarta city government through
Dinas Lingkungan Hidup (DLH) and Dinas Lingkungan Hidup dan Kehutanan
(DLHK) is to control and manage waste, as environmental pollution control and
stop the snowball from a phenomenon called the garbage apocalypse. And aims to
improve quality as well as environmental function, realizing environmentally sound
waste management, realizing clean and healthy city of Yogyakarta. Having goals
and visions that are expected to create a healthy environment for the community
and the environment.