Jakarta (ANTARA) - The waste issue in Jakarta is becoming\nincreasingly urgent. Ahead of the policy to cease waste shipments to the\nBantargebang landfill starting 1 August 2026, residents in various areas\nare brainstorming ways to ensure household waste remains controlled and\ndoes not accumulate in the environment.<\/p>\n
In South Jakarta, several community units (RW) have chosen not to\nremain idle in addressing the waste problem. Various innovations have\nemerged, ranging from mobile composting carts to \u2018bottle houses\u2019 as\nefforts to reduce waste volume directly from the source.<\/p>\n
Imam Basori, the head of RT 11\/RW 07 in Cilandak Barat, stated that\nthese innovations stem from the desire to resolve waste issues at their\norigin, namely households.<\/p>\n
The innovation is designed to tackle the waste problem at the\nupstream level. Therefore, a proactive \u2018pick-up\u2019 approach is being\nimplemented for households. If this can be resolved from the upstream to\nthe downstream, then waste will not accumulate.<\/p>\n
Reduction at the household level will decrease the volume of waste\nthat ends up in the final disposal site.<\/p>\n
Through the \u2018mobile composting\u2019 programme, officers circulate daily\nto collect organic waste, such as household kitchen waste, from\nresidents\u2019 homes.<\/p>\n
Under this system, household organic waste is processed using\nsmall-capacity composting machines capable of converting kitchen waste\ninto compost in approximately six hours.<\/p>\n
After being studied and monitored, the household kitchen waste is\ntransformed into compost within six hours. Once mixed with soil, the\nresult can be reused by the community.<\/p>\n
If waste volumes increase, the neighbourhood committee (RT) will\nutilise larger capacity machines to ensure the processing remains rapid.\nA larger machine is currently in the production stage.<\/p>\n
It is hoped that the resulting compost will be used for planting\ngreenery within the community. Furthermore, the committee plans to\norganise a vegetable planting competition between houses to further\nencourage residents to utilise the compost.<\/p>\n
In addition to processing organic waste, RT 11 has also developed a\nplastic bottle pressing machine named \u2018smart geprek\u2019. The machine was\nself-designed using actuators commonly used in seating.<\/p>\n
Pressed plastic bottles hold higher economic value because they are\nmore compact, making storage and transport easier.<\/p>\n
It is hoped that through such management, the \u2018zero waste\u2019 target in\ntheir environment can be realised, while simultaneously changing the\npublic\u2019s perception of waste.<\/p>\n
Moreover, the committee is maintaining communication with scrap\ncollectors and waste banks in the surrounding area so that the results\nof waste sorting can provide economic benefits to the community.<\/p>\n
In this way, residents will be increasingly motivated to sort waste\nif they know that waste possesses economic value.<\/p>\n
By recognising the economic value of waste, the community can be\neducated that waste can serve as an additional source of income. With\nthe incentive of economic value, the community can be mobilised.<\/p>\n
Currently, the \u2018mobile composting\u2019 cart has a capacity of\napproximately 2.5 cubic metres, with a production cost of around Rp5\nmillion. Meanwhile, the composting machine uses approximately 500 watts\nof electricity, while the supporting generator requires approximately\n800 watts.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/mobile-compost-carts-drive-south-jakarta-towards-zero-waste-1782392052", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }