Govt criticized on waste management price<\/p>\n
BATAM, Riau: Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) here
\ncomplained on Wednesday about the excessive cost charged by
\nstate-run Industrial Waste Management Installation based in
\nCilengsi, West Java, for the processing of poisonous chemical
\nsubstances in Batam.<\/p>\n
They argued that a similar company in neighboring Singapore
\ncould handle the work at a lower cost.<\/p>\n
According to Aris Muryasani, coordinator of a Batam-based NGO
\nconcerned with environmental issues, BILIK, the Singapore company
\ncould process such substances at 50 percent of the cost charged
\nby the Cilengsi-based installation.<\/p>\n
\"With such expensive prices that the factories have to pay to
\nthe government, many of them have become reluctant to officially
\nreport how much of the substances they produce each year.<\/p>\n
\"As an impact, these factories may depose of their substances
\nelsewhere and, of course, it will have a negative impact on the
\nenvironment,\" Aris told The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
Companies in Indonesia produced about 4,800 tons of substances
\neach year and have to pay the government US$120 for each 200
\nliters of substance.<\/p>\n
\"The price is too expensive compared to only about $60 for
\neach 200 liters in Singapore,\" Aris said.<\/p>\n
Aris said he asked the environment minister to establish a
\nsimilar installation in Batam, but the minister dropped the
\nsuggestion, saying that companies in Batam \"only produce about
\n27.8 percent of total substance nation wide.\" -- JP<\/p>",
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