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        "id": 1964940,
        "msgid": "sorting-waste-changing-habits-1788778660",
        "date": "2026-09-07 17:04:39",
        "title": "Sorting waste, changing habits",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "Makassar generates around 1,000 tonnes of waste daily, most of it household organic waste, which has accumulated to some 7 million tonnes at the Tamangapa landfill. After receiving an administrative sanction from the Environment Ministry, the city government must shift from open dumping to a sanitary landfill and push residents to sort waste at home. The strategy targets housewives and Gen Z, combining behavioural change with strengthened facilities such as waste banks and TPS3R.",
        "content": "<p>Every day, around 1,000 tonnes of waste is generated in the city of\nMakassar, South Sulawesi. As much as 54 per cent of it consists of\nhousehold organic waste, whilst plastic waste accounts for less than 20\nper cent.<\/p>\n<p>For years, that waste has ended up at the Tamangapa Final Processing\nSite (TPA). The landfill, owned by the Makassar City Government, now\nholds around 7 million metric tonnes of waste.<\/p>\n<p>The situation brings other problems. During the dry season, the waste\npiles risk triggering fires caused by methane gas. In the rainy season,\nleachate from the waste piles has the potential to pollute the\nenvironment.<\/p>\n<p>The Makassar City Government subsequently received an administrative\nsanction from the Ministry of Environment in March 2026. The city\ngovernment was given a deadline to fix its waste management system,\nincluding changing the operation of the landfill from the open dumping\nmethod to a sanitary landfill.<\/p>\n<p>That change cannot be made at the landfill alone. The government is\nalso encouraging waste to be sorted at home so that only residual waste\nis taken to the landfill.<\/p>\n<p>The policy demands both adequate facilities and a change in people\u2019s\nhabits. The government must provide waste processing facilities from the\nneighbourhood level up to the landfill, whilst residents need to get\nused to separating organic, inorganic, and residual waste before\ndisposal.<\/p>\n<p>The Head of the Makassar City Environment Agency, Helmy Budiman, said\nthe government\u2019s strategy is directed at encouraging changes in people\u2019s\nbehaviour in sorting waste whilst simultaneously fixing the waste\nmanagement system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom here, the main strategy is focused on provoking behavioural\nchange in society through waste sorting. This includes carrying out a\ntotal overhaul of the disorderly waste management system,\u201d said\nHelmy.<\/p>\n<p>The approach targets two main groups, namely housewives and the\nyounger generation, or Gen Z.<\/p>\n<p>The Makassar City Government is also working to transform waste from\nan environmental burden into something of economic value through rewards\nand penalties, strengthening facilities from upstream to downstream, and\noptimising institutions such as the Central Waste Bank (BSP) and\nTPS3R.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/sorting-waste-changing-habits-1788778660",
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