Partnership As An Effort To Consolidate Waste Management Initiatives In Tourism Destinations On Small Islands: The Case Of Penyengat Island Zainul Ikhwan 1 , R.Hamdani Harahap 2 , Lita Sri Andayani 3 , Miswar Budi Mulya 4 (zainul.ikhwan@gmail.com; r.hamdani@usu.ac.id; lita_andayani@yahoo.com; miswarbm_ikl@yahoo.com) Postgraduate Doctoral Student, University of Sumatera Utara and Lecture Environmental Health Study Program, Health Polytechnic of Tanjungpinang, Tanjungpinang, Indonesia 1 Faculty of Social and Political Science. Universitas Sumatera Utara 2 Faculty of Public Health. Universitas Sumatera Utara 3 Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Sumatera Utara 4 Abstract. Waste management on small islands has challenges, low awareness of the community and culture, limited land, seasonal changes and appropriate waste management technology. Moreover, Penyengat Island is an object of cultural preservation and tourist destination. The purpose of the case study is the small tourist island of Penyengat, Tanjungpinang in waste management through the role of stakeholders and community participation. This type of research is qualitative, and data are obtained by semi-structured interviews and observations. Interviews were conducted with 21 stakeholders in the small island waste management system. (government, private sector, public, universities and professional organizations). Waste management at the location of destisation and cultural preservation requires synergy from all stakeholders including the community. There needs to be a form of compensation for environmental services in tourism development so that an eco tourism tourism package is formed. There is a balance between ecological, economic and social aspects. Keywords: waste management, Penyengat, small island, tourism destinations 1. Introduction Based on Law Number 32 of 2009 explains Environmental Management which is supported and systematically to preserve environmental functions and prevent environmental damage in planning, utilization, control, maintenance, supervision, and law enforcement. Environment as a place of union with all components of objects, conditions, and living things, ICESSD 2019, October 22-23, Jakarta, Indonesia Copyright © 2020 EAI DOI 10.4108/eai.22-10-2019.2291486