Konstruksi Masyarakat Desa Tembokrejo Banyuwangi terhadap Lingkungan Pasca Keberadaan Tempat Pengolahan Sampah Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (Tps-3r)

Abstract

This research is motivated by the issue of domestic waste accumulation driven by population growth and limited landfill space, which triggers public habits of littering. As a solution, the Regional Government of Banyuwangi Regency launched the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Waste Management Center (TPS 3R) Program in Tembokrejo Village. This study aims to explain the construction of public environmental awareness following the implementation of the waste management program. The theoretical framework employed in this study is the Social Construction Theory by Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann, which encompasses the processes of externalization, objectivation, and internalization, complemented by Ulrich Beck’s Risk Society Theory through the concept of the Boomerang Effect. This study employed a qualitative research method with an ethnographic approach. Data were collected through participant observation, in- depth interviews with neighborhood association (RT) heads and heads of households, and supported by documentation. Data validity was ensured through source triangulation. The results indicate that the construction of public environmental awareness was shaped through the dynamics of door-to-door socialization and the implementation of administrative sanctions in the form of public service suspension for residents who failed to manage their waste orderly. This policy created compliance that initially stemmed from structural compulsion, but was gradually internalized into individual awareness as the physical sanitation of the environment improved. In conclusion, the TPS 3R Program in Tembokrejo Village has successfully transformed the social reality of the community from environmental polluters into a society more conscious of ecological sustainability. Although the development of environmental awareness is not yet entirely uniform across all hamlets, most residents now actively participate to avoid the boomerang effect of ecological disaster risks