City to move dumping site<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): An official said Saturday City Hall will not
\nonly dispose of garbage at dumping sites outside of the city but
\nwill process it instead into organic fertilizer.<\/p>\n
City Sanitary Agency Head Saksono Husodo said the step was
\ntaken following Tangerang's opposition to its plan to develop a
\n100-hectare land site in Ciangir, Tangerang, as a replacement for
\nthe Bantar Gebang garbage dumping site in Bekasi.<\/p>\n
Tangerang councillors feared that the area around the dump
\nwould be contaminated as has happened in Bantar Gebang.<\/p>\n
Bekasi councillors have repeatedly asked Jakarta to close the
\n65-hectare dumping site since it has caused environmental damage.
\nJakarta has decided to close the dump in 2003 according to its
\npermit although it could be extended until 2006.<\/p>\n
Following Tangerang councillors' refusal of the Ciangir plan,
\nthe Jakarta administration set up an operation with the private
\nfirm PT Bio Fertilizer Indonesia to process the garbage into
\norganic fertilizer.<\/p>\n
Saksono said that the city had signed a memorandum of
\nunderstanding with the company to build a garbage processing
\nplant in Duri Kosambi, West Jakarta, with an estimated investment
\nvalue of Rp 52 billion (US$6.12 million).<\/p>\n
He said the city, which produces about 5,000 tons of garbage a
\nday, will get extra income from the fertilizer produced by the
\nprocessing plant.<\/p>\n
Separately councillor Tjuk Sudono of the City Council's
\nCommission D for development affairs questioned City Hall's
\nseriousness in processing the garbage.<\/p>\n
"The MOU was signed two months ago but there is still no sign
\nthat the administration would build the plant," Tjuk of the
\nNational Mandate Party said.<\/p>\n
He thinks that the agency was reluctant to build the plant
\nbecause it might loose its routine budget.<\/p>\n
"Since the plant will make a profit, the sanitary agency is
\nworried that its budget will be reduced," he said.<\/p>\n
The agency spends more than Rp 90 billion a year to handle the
\ncity's garbage. (jun)<\/p>",
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