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        "id": 1589193,
        "msgid": "environment-minister-opens-bali-incinerator-restricted-to-wood-and-biomass-burning-1772686886",
        "date": "2026-03-05 11:09:40",
        "title": "Environment Minister Opens Bali Incinerator, Restricted to Wood and Biomass Burning",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK_BALI",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Regulation",
        "summary": "Indonesia's Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq has reopened Bali's previously sealed incinerator, but only for sorted waste under strict supervision, prioritising wood and biomass due to litter along the island's beaches. He warned that modular incinerators are unsuitable for mixed waste because of unstable temperatures and inadequate emissions controls, with use contingent on improvements to Bali's waste sorting. Badung Regency welcomed the policy, though with tighter conditions and a plan to allocate 12 incinerators to specific waste streams.",
        "content": "<p>Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq has reopened operations of\nan incinerator that had been sealed in Bali, but on condition that its\noperation is limited to sorted waste under strict supervision.<\/p>\n<p>Hanif stressed that priority should be given to operating an\nincinerator dedicated to handling wood and biomass. \u2018Today I ask that\nthe incinerator be opened specifically for wood handling. Wood, bamboo,\norganics that are biomass by nature. For biomass I want it resolved\nbecause this will affect our destinations,\u2019 he said during a working\nvisit to Jimbaran Beach on Thursday, 5 March 2026.<\/p>\n<p>According to Hanif, modular incinerators are not designed to burn\nmixed waste because they have unstable temperatures and pose a risk of\nreleasing hazardous substances such as dioxins and furans.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Because modular incinerators have unstable temperatures and lack a\nvery proper emissions capture unit. Therefore they should not be used\nfor mixed waste,\u2019 he explained.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the incinerator had been sealed because Bali\u2019s\nwaste-sorting system was not operating optimally. If sorting improves,\nincinerator use could still be permitted on a limited scale.<\/p>\n<p>Hanif has also asked the Deputy for Enforcement (Gakkum) at the\nMinistry of Environment to open the seal of the incinerator via an\nadministrative mechanism.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Badung Regent I Wayan Adi Arnawa welcomed the policy,\ndescribing it as a form of flexibility from the central government\nalbeit with tighter conditions.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The minister has provided some leeway, but with one condition: waste\nto be treated using the incinerator must be of the same type. For\nexample, wood to wood, plastics that have been sorted\u2014plastics. But\nplastics must be washed beforehand,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>Arnawa said that Badung currently has 12 incinerator units that will\nbe optimised. The regional government will determine which unit is used\nfor each type of waste.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I ask the head of department to sort which incinerator is for wood,\nwhich for plastics, perhaps. So that our processing in the TPSTs is\nfaster,\u2019 he added.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/environment-minister-opens-bali-incinerator-restricted-to-wood-and-biomass-burning-1772686886",
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