The Tangerang Regency government has prepared a two-hectare plot of\nland as a temporary waste disposal site following a fire at the\nJatiwaringin Final Disposal Site (TPA) in Mauk District. Tangerang\nRegent Maesyal Rasyid stated that the measure was taken to ensure waste\ncollection services from residential areas continue to operate normally\nwhile firefighting efforts at the Jatiwaringin TPA are still underway.\n\u201cIt is running normally, we have prepared two hectares of land for\ntemporary use,\u201d Maesyal said on Tuesday (7\/7).<\/p>\n
Head of the Tangerang Regency Environmental and Sanitation Agency\n(DLHK), Ujat Sudrajat, said the volume of waste that must be handled\ndaily reaches approximately 1,500 tonnes. He explained that the\ntemporary disposal site is a solution to prevent waste collection\nactivities from being halted. \u201cIf we calculate, at a minimum, 250 trucks\nper day multiplied by six cubic metres each, that\u2019s at least 1,500\ntonnes a day,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Ujat explained that the land now being used as a temporary disposal\nsite was previously prepared as a supporting facility for a\nWaste-to-Energy (PSEL) processing project. The area was originally\nplanned to store residual waste from incineration, namely Fly Ash and\nBottom Ash (FABA), produced by the PSEL operations. \u201cSo the waste (at\nPSEL) is burned, and there will definitely be dust, fly ash and bottom\nash. We had to prepare land to store the ash. This means the land\ncurrently used for temporary disposal is the land intended for storing\nFABA,\u201d he clarified.<\/p>\n
He added that once the fire is extinguished and TPA operations return\nto normal, all waste stored at the temporary location will be\ntransferred back to the Jatiwaringin TPA area. The fire at the\nJatiwaringin TPA has been burning since Tuesday (30\/6). The incident is\nsuspected to have been triggered by extreme heat that ignited methane\ngas within the waste pile. Joint personnel continue to battle the blaze\nusing ground and aerial methods, including fire engines, heavy\nequipment, water-bombing helicopters, and injection techniques applied\nby Manggala Agni personnel to reach hotspots beneath the surface of the\nwaste pile.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/tangerang-regency-prepares-temporary-waste-site-after-landfill-fire-1783461201", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }