Residents protest Indah Kiat's waste<\/p>\n
Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang<\/p>\n
Residents who live close to the Rawa Kucing dumping site in
\nthe Neglasari subdistrict of Tangerang expressed serious concern
\nabout the effects of polluted air from the solid waste being
\ndisposed there by the Tangerang regency's sanitation agency.<\/p>\n
\"The waste, which produces such a bad smell, really disturbs
\nus -- we've had to inhale household waste every day, and now we
\nare facing even worse smells which could cause disease,\"
\nAchmadi, a local resident, told The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
Achmadi added that the municipal administration needed to take
\nstern measures against a factory that dumped the waste at the
\nsite.<\/p>\n
According to an official of the Tangerang municipality's
\nsanitation agency, the waste left there belonged to PT Indah
\nKiat, a pulp and paper producing company on Jl. Raya Serpong
\nkilometer 8, Tangerang.<\/p>\n
\"We have received reports from the municipal irrigation agency
\nwhich said that they had caught an agency truck disposing of
\nsolid waste belonging to PT Indah Kiat on Feb. 3,\" said the
\nofficial, speaking on anonymity.<\/p>\n
He said only household waste was allowed to be disposed at the
\ndumping site.<\/p>\n
However, Hardjono, an official the municipal environment
\nagency office, said that his office had yet to receive reports
\nabout factory waste at the disposal, so that the agency could not
\ntake stern measure against the company and regency sanitation's
\nexecutive unit.<\/p>\n
\"If you want to know more about the matter, please go and ask
\nthe municipal public work agency,\" Hardjono, who is also chairman
\nof Tangerang environmental law enforcement team told the Post.<\/p>\n
Separately, PT Indah Kiat spokesman Luffy Prakuncoro denied
\nthat the company was disposing of solid waste at Rawa Kucing
\ndumping site.<\/p>\n
He said that, in handling the factory's 20 tons of waste
\nproduced daily, the company had cooperated with the Tangerang
\nregency sanitation's satlak, which should recycle the
\nwaste into fertilizer, in accordance with agreement with PT Indah
\nKiat.<\/p>",
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