Annastashya Emmanuelle
\nThe Jakarta Post
\nJakarta<\/p>\n
Garbage truck drivers are uncertain about where to deliver the
\ncity's rubbish following the announced closure of the Bantar
\nGebang dump, effective Sunday.<\/p>\n
Some of them expressed confidence that the site, located in
\nBekasi, would not in fact be closed, while others said on
\nSaturday that they had only heard alternative locations had been
\nproposed to replace Bantar Gebang, but none had been confirmed.<\/p>\n
There is a definite possibility that the transportation of the
\ncity's garbage will be disrupted on Monday, due to the lack of
\ncoordination between the City Sanitary Agency and its operational
\nworkers.<\/p>\n
\"On a normal day I drive the routes assigned to me and deliver
\nthe garbage to Bantar Gebang.. but I think on Monday I will
\ndiscuss the situation with my supervisor at the office first,\"
\nsaid Andang Supriatna, who is in charge of several routes in East
\nJakarta.<\/p>\n
Through conversations with his friends just a few days ago,
\nAndang learned that the garbage might have to be transported to
\nthe Gunung Sindur area, in Bogor.<\/p>\n
\"But are we really going to drive to such a distant place to
\nunload the trash?,\" he asked.<\/p>\n
Another driver, Bister Pasaribu, who transported garbage from
\nCawang to Bantar Gebang, said that he had not received any
\nnotification from his supervisor either.<\/p>\n
\"I'll just collect the garbage as usual on Monday, and bring
\nit here. Perhaps it won't be closed after all,\" he told The
\nJakarta Post.<\/p>\n
Earlier, Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso named several locations as
\nsubstitute dumping sites, including Tegal Alur and Kamal Muara in
\nWest Jakarta, Cacing (Cakung-Cilincing) in North Jakarta and Pulo
\nGebang in East Jakarta.<\/p>\n
However, it seems that only Cacing, which is already a garbage
\nprocessing site, is ready to take in the city's waste.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the scavengers at Bantar Gebang, who have built
\ntheir lives around the area, were hopeful that the site would not
\nbe closed as they would have to move to other places where the
\ngarbage would later be disposed of.<\/p>\n
\"I suppose I just have to follow the garbage to its new
\nlocation,\" said Mathadi Baijuri who has been a scavenger at
\nBantar Gebang since the site was established in 1986.<\/p>\n
Nonetheless, Damat, the field supervisor officer at Bantar
\nGebang, confirmed that no garbage trucks would transport waste to
\nthe dump after midnight on Sunday, as the area would be closed on
\nMonday.<\/p>\n
\"Tomorrow will be the last day for any garbage truck to
\ndeliver its trash here,\" he said on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The Bekasi administration decided to close the site on Monday
\nfor environmental reasons.<\/p>",
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