ANALISIS PENGELOLAAN LIMBAH CAIR USAHA LAUNDRY

Abstract

Washing clothes and other household appliances (laundry) is one of
businesses that ease the burden on society in terms of domesticity. Urban communities,
especially those having activities outside home are relatively dense prefer to take
advantage of laundry services. The appearance of the laundry business is to provide the
advantages and the solutions on household work, also provide new jobs for people in the
surrounding area. But advantage gained is inversely proportional to the quality of
resulting environment. The proliferation of laundry services will worsen the quality of
the surrounding water because this business is not equipped with waste treatment
processes but is discharged directly into sewers or water bodies nearby. As a result of
laundry waste discharged into water bodies continuously without being processed, it may
cause water pollution problems. The result of research that gained in the implementation
of waste management obligations by some laundry business in Bengkulu city as
meticulous in environmental pollution control measures, has not done well and the lack
of awareness and knowledge about the dangers of toxic waste generated laundry business
and the lack of government attention to the laundry business growth impact in Bengkulu
City.