Peningkatan Perilaku Kesehatan Masyarakat Melalui Pemanfaatan Bank Sampah

Since 2013, waste bank has been established at both community
and school to support Adipura Clean-city Awards. Today, utilization
of waste bank in Pati Regency is able to increase the use value of
waste and reduce the volume of waste. This paper aims to describe
the utilization of waste bank to improve community health behavior
using behavioral change theories. Several local regions have been
succesful to improve health behavior through waste bank utilization.
Waste bank is proved to modify waste management behavior from
conventional model (collection-transport-dumping) to 3R model
(Reduce-Reuse-Recycle). Waste bank improves pro-environmental
behavior, so that waste is not accumulated and environment
becomes cleaner and more comfortable. The money that is resulted
from waste bank activities can be used as a stimulus to encourage
home yard utilization, so that it can improve family nutritional
intake and Mosquito Nest Elimination (MNE) behavior. Reward of
waste bank may be given on health insurance format, so that it can
improve the utilization of health facilities.

Keywords: benefits, health behaviors, waste bank