Urbanization is a global problem but is more pronounced in developing countries. Population
growth in developing countries is in line with population movement from rural to urban
areas due to easy access to jobs, welfare, and the economy. Indirectly, urbanization
will burden urban areas in various vital sectors and contribute directly to waste
generation. Unscientific waste handling causes health hazards and urban environmental
degradation. Solid Waste Management is a formidable task in Indonesia that will become
more complicated with increasing urbanization, changing lifestyles, and increasing
consumerism. Several current obstacles related to waste management have made the situation
even worse. Current inappropriate waste disposal practices have created severe environmental
and public health problems. The purpose of this paper is to critically review the
impact of urbanization on waste generation, what is currently being done, and the
benefit of integrating a circular economy into waste management to address the waste
problem in Indonesia. This review provides an overview of urbanization trends, the
projected increase in waste due to urbanization, solid waste status, and current waste
management in Indonesia. An integration circular economy approach provides an overview
of the benefits of implementing this approach in five crucial sectors in Indonesia.
The circular economy approach is expected to be one of the future solutions to the
problem of waste management in Indonesia.
