Social determination of waste generation in public housing

Banyuning Sub-district is a suburb of Singaraja City that potentially experiencing the problem of waste. This fact is supported by the existence of settlements, especially the residential as the largest land use in Banyuning Sub-district. As the largest residential, the number of people living in the area is also great. Large population will be the largest waste contributor in Singaraja City. Through analytic survey method with quantitative analysis techniques, it will show the relationship between the social characteristics of the settlers with waste generated. The relationship shows that the number of family members, income and education levels significantly influence waste generation, and the income level is the biggest influence with regression coefficient 0.634. An interesting finding and has novelty in this article are all independent variables value is positive, except for the education level that is negative. The findings were evidenced by the regression coefficient of education level that is (-) 0.279.