Indonesia / Surabaya
Bank Sampah: community waste banks in Indonesia
This entry is scoped, not researched. What follows is the structure of the study and what is already known from public sources. The findings, impact and assessment sections stay empty until the field visit has happened. It will not be marked published until the limitations and what-did-not-work sections are complete.
Overview
Neighbourhood-level collection points where households deposit sorted recyclables and are credited for them, often through a savings account. Widely replicated internationally, with highly variable survival rates.
- Country
- Indonesia
- City
- Surabaya
- Waste streams
- plastic, packaging, municipal solid waste
- SDGs
- SDG 11, SDG 12
Problem
Municipal collection does not reach every neighbourhood, and where it does, mixed waste destroys the value of recoverable material before it can be sold.
Solution
Not yet researched
To be documented during the field visit.
How it works
- 01Households sort recyclables and bring them to a local collection point.
- 02Material is weighed and the household is credited, often as savings rather than cash.
- 03Aggregated material is sold on to larger buyers or processors.
Stakeholders
- Participating households
- Waste bank operators, frequently volunteers
- Local government
- Aggregators and processors who buy the output
Technology
Not yet researched
To be documented during the field visit.
Economics
Not yet researched
To be documented during the field visit.
Policy
Not yet researched
To be documented during the field visit.
Citizen participation
Not yet researched
To be documented during the field visit.
Environmental impact
Not yet researched
Impact figures are only published where they have been measured and sourced. Nothing is estimated to fill the gap.
Limitations
Required before publication
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What did not work
Required before publication
The failed attempts are usually more instructive than the successful ones, and they are the first thing left out of most published case studies. They are not optional here.
India applicability
Not yet researched
No transfer assessment can be made before the system has been seen working and its dependencies understood. Anything published here will be labelled a proposal until a pilot reports.
Circular Journey assessment
Not yet researched
Our own reading of the evidence, written after the field visit and labelled as analysis rather than fact.
Sources
Not yet researched
Sources are added as the research produces them. The full register is at /sources.
Social impact
Not yet researched
Impact figures are only published where they have been measured and sourced. Nothing is estimated to fill the gap.