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        "msgid": "jakarta-residents-urged-to-consistently-sort-waste-from-home-1782071414",
        "date": "2026-06-22 02:26:27",
        "title": "Jakarta Residents Urged to Consistently Sort Waste from Home",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNN_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "A community initiative in South Jakarta is training residents to sort household waste as a foundational step towards a cleaner and more sustainable environment. The programme, supported by local environmental officers and the Indonesian Waste Bank Association, aims to build a collective culture of waste separation that also delivers economic benefits through circular economy schemes. This grassroots effort aligns with a recent gubernatorial instruction to reduce the burden on the Bantargebang landfill by promoting waste sorting at source.",
        "content": "<p>The South Jakarta Residents\u2019 Initiative held a community-based waste\nsorting socialisation and training event at the Ciganjur Community Hall,\nJagakarsa District, South Jakarta, on Saturday (20\/6). This activity\nrepresents a joint effort to increase public awareness and involvement\nin household waste management.<\/p>\n<p>Bintang Mangkauk, Coordinator of the South Jakarta Residents\u2019\nInitiative, stated that sorting waste from each home is the first step\ntowards creating a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment. Bintang\nwants Jakarta residents to better understand the types, categories, and\nimpacts of household waste, as well as to train the community to carry\nout waste sorting in a simple, practical, and community-based\nmanner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope this activity becomes an initial step to build a culture of\nwaste sorting that starts from home, is carried out consistently by\nresidents, and becomes a collective movement that has a real impact on\nthe environment,\u201d Bintang said in a written statement.<\/p>\n<p>Speakers at the event included Arif Hidayat and Reinhat P. Adam from\nthe Jagakarsa District Environmental Implementation Unit, and Ida\nFarida, the South Jakarta Regional Coordinator from the Indonesian Waste\nBank Association (ASOBSI). Also present were members of the South\nJakarta Residents\u2019 Initiative management from the regional, district,\nand sub-district coordinator levels.<\/p>\n<p>The speakers provided insights into waste management policy,\nhousehold waste sorting techniques, and the role of waste banks in\nsupporting a circular economy at the community level. Participants not\nonly received socialisation materials but also practical training on how\nto sort organic, inorganic, and residual waste, as well as an\nintroduction to waste management mechanisms through waste banks that can\nprovide economic benefits to the community.<\/p>\n<p>Through this activity, the South Jakarta Residents\u2019 Initiative hopes\nto foster collective awareness and real action among residents to\nsupport sustainable waste management programmes and create residential\nenvironments that are cleaner, healthier, and more comfortable for all\ncitizens.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung Wibowo issued\nGubernatorial Instruction (Ingub) DKI 5\/2026 on the waste sorting and\nprocessing movement last May. Pramono hopes that the programme of\nsorting waste at source can reduce the burden of waste disposal at the\nBantargebang Integrated Waste Processing Site. He said facilities and\ninfrastructure will soon be prepared to support the waste sorting\nmovement in residents\u2019 homes.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/jakarta-residents-urged-to-consistently-sort-waste-from-home-1782071414",
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