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        "id": 1794207,
        "msgid": "environment-minister-urges-bali-to-educate-waste-management-vendors-1781024155",
        "date": "2026-06-09 22:37:24",
        "title": "Environment Minister Urges Bali to Educate Waste Management Vendors",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Environment",
        "summary": "Environment Minister Moh Jumhur Hidayat has requested local authorities in Bali provide targeted guidance to private waste collectors, often called 'swakelola', to improve their services for the hospitality sector. He emphasised that any green economic transition must not displace the thousands reliant on this work, advocating for the betterment of existing vendors rather than replacing them. The initiative aims to professionalise operations and resolve downstream issues like roadside spillages en route to eliminating open dumping.",
        "content": "<p>Environment Minister and Head of the Environmental Control Agency,\nMoh Jumhur Hidayat, has asked local governments in Bali to educate\nprivate waste management operators, or vendors, involved in waste\ntransportation. \u201cFor instance, with swakelola vendors, I think they\nshould be mentored. They may have been in the business for decades, but\nwithout any guidance so far, perhaps they have become lacklustre,\u201d\nJumhur said in Denpasar on Tuesday. The Minister made these remarks in\nresponse to a waste management discussion with hotel, restaurant, and\ncaf\u00e9 (horeka) actors in Bali, where one of the obstacles is selecting\nprivate operators capable of handling waste according to regulations. He\nreasoned that if the horeka sector focuses on choosing good vendors\nwithout giving them the opportunity to understand proper regulations,\nthose who are sidelined will have their source of income disrupted. \u201cNow\nthey can be mentored, so there is no need for new rules. There might be\nthousands of people involved in this vendor business, so the principle\nis that in every transition related to the green economy, no one should\nbe displaced,\u201d Jumhur stated. As an example, Denpasar City Government\ncurrently has 200 waste trucks, while private operators own 700 fleets.\nJumhur noted that these 200 trucks need to be organised so that waste is\nnot scattered or causing odours on the roads; subsequently, private\noperators will be sure to follow this good example. Aside from local\ngovernments providing education, the Environment Minister believes that\nBali, as a tourism region, also has the budget to handle problems like\nthe aforementioned waste trucks. The central government will also assist\nBali by facilitating the sale of processed waste products to buyers,\nensuring the waste handling scheme, especially from horeka sources, can\nrun well. The private waste operators will help local governments stop\nopen dumping activities at landfill sites (TPA), allowing processed\nwaste results, whether from TPS3R or TPST facilities, to be channelled\nto buyers. \u201cThe waste management issue in Bali is on the right track,\nand we are activating everything we have. We will resolve this soon; I\nfeel it may not even take until 2028,\u201d the Environment Minister\nconcluded.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/environment-minister-urges-bali-to-educate-waste-management-vendors-1781024155",
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