Rivers still used as dumping sites<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Many residents in Jakarta still use its rivers
\nand waterways as garbage dumping sites, an environmentalist said.<\/p>\n
Ade Christina, a Metropolitan Improvement Program of the World
\nBank staff member said that the garbage piling up in many city
\nwaterways could be cited as evidence, Antara reported over the
\nweekend.<\/p>\n
She said that about 5.9 percent, or 1,400 cubic meters out of
\n23,706 cubic meters of garbage, were dumped into the rivers in
\n1992, and only 23 percent of that 1,400 cubic meters of garbage
\nhas been dredged.<\/p>\n
She said the limited number of trash bins in residential areas
\nmade people throw the garbage into canals. \"Lots of people living
\nin slum areas still have poor environmental awareness, and they
\ndo not know anything about the process of garbage management.\"<\/p>\n
She also blamed the sanitation department for being too slow
\nin collecting and transporting garbage from residential areas to
\nthe temporary dumping sites.<\/p>\n
People need more knowledge about garbage handling and the
\nenvironment, she said. (05)<\/p>",
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