Abstract:
This study aims to find out all the obstacles experienced in overcoming climate change by
handling single-use plastic waste in Makassar City, that makes Makassar City becomes the
largest waste-producing area in Eastern Indonesia, and the legal rules used related to
controlling the use of plastic do not can be implemented optimally.
The research method used is descriptive qualitative. The research location is in Makassar City.
Data collected by using literature review methods, interviews, observations, and documentation.
The results showed that the obstacles to handling single-use plastic waste in Makassar City were
local regulations that did not regulate the control of all types of single-use plastics, lack of public
knowledge about the impact of single-use plastics, lack of long term assistance, inadequate and
environmentally unfriendly waste processing facilities, and lack of awareness of perpetrators
efforts to overcome the problem of single-use plastics.