Support sought for garbage processing plant<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A private firm met the City Council on Tuesday,
\nseeking council's approval for the development of a garbage
\nprocessing plant which would change the city's trash into
\nenvironmentally friendly organic fertilizer.<\/p>\n
PT Bio fertilizer Indonesia's president B. Wiradidjaja said,
\nif it was agreed, the construction of the plant could be built in
\nDuri Kosambi, West Jakarta, with a total investment of Rp 54
\nbillion (US$4.9 million).<\/p>\n
\"We hope that, through a gubernatorial decree or bylaw, we
\nwill be appointed to manage the city's garbage for between three
\nto five years,\" Wiradidjaja said in a meeting with the council's
\nCommission D for development affairs.<\/p>\n
He claimed that the plant, which used Canadian technology,
\ncould be operated from June, next year, if the cooperation
\nbetween his company and the city administration could soon be
\nrealized.<\/p>\n
In his cooperation scheme, the city administration will
\nprovide about 2 hectares of land needed for the plant worth Rp 2
\nbillion as the city's share in the project, while the remaining
\nRp 52 billion will be provided by the firm.<\/p>\n
\"There are some foreign investors who have committed to invest
\nin the project. Some local contractors are also ready to build
\nthe plant,\" he said, refusing to mention the foreign investors.<\/p>\n
Wiradidjaja said the plant could process 220 tons of organic
\ntrash a day.<\/p>\n
He said his firm planned to build 10 plants in the city's five
\nmayoralties to process the city's garbage which amounted to 5,000
\ntons a day.<\/p>\n
\"By using this technology, we can cut the cost by half of the
\ncurrent garbage processing system,\" he claimed.<\/p>\n
He revealed that currently garbage processing in the city's
\nBantar Gebang garbage dump in Bekasi needed Rp 60,000 per ton
\nwhile the proposed plant only needed Rp 20,000 to process one ton
\nof garbage.<\/p>\n
He said the factory's products, liquid and solid fertilizers
\ncould be exported or sold domestically since they were cheaper
\nthan chemical fertilizers.<\/p>\n
\"There is also a commitment from foreign firms to buy our
\nproducts. But we are sure that the products will also be needed
\nby local farmers,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Some of the councillors, including Bimo Hastoro and Tarmidi
\nEdy Suwarno from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI
\nPerjuangan), had earlier visited the firm.<\/p>\n
City Governor Sutiyoso, who visited the firm in April, had
\nexpressed his plan earlier to adopt the garbage processing
\ntechnology.<\/p>\n
Some councillors however also questioned whether PT Bio
\nFertilizer Indonesia would put out of work the thousands of
\nscavengers whose livelihood currently depended on the trash.<\/p>\n
\"We would employ them as workers. It would be more humane and
\neasier for them,\" Wiradidjaja said.<\/p>\n
He said a garbage processing plant would need at least 300
\nscavengers to separate nonorganic from organic trash before the
\nlater was processed in a high temperature tube to be transformed
\ninto organic fertilizer. (jun)<\/p>",
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