Unprofessional decision<\/p>\n
The recent statement by the state minister of environment on
\nthe plan to close PT Inti Indorayon Utama, a pulp and paper
\ncompany in North Sumatra, is considered a bias and unprofessional
\ndecision. The House of Representatives agreed to the plan to
\nclose the Medan-based factory, decreed by State Minister of
\nEnvironment Panangian Siregar in a House hearing on June 15,
\n1998.<\/p>\n
One cannot say that pulp and paper companies have succeeded in
\nbeing kind to the environment. Environmentalists would agree with
\nthat.<\/p>\n
Despite the fact that Panangian Siregar is not regarded by the
\npublic as an environmental specialist like his predecessors, this
\nIndonesian Democratic Party man may have compiled a list of
\noffenses by the company.<\/p>\n
An objective point of view surely would mean the obligatory
\nclosure of the company. If stress is put on production impact,
\nthen PT Inti Indorayon Utama has certainly caused environmental
\ndamage to its surroundings, such as people in the area coming
\ndown with infection and skin ailments.<\/p>\n
Chemicals are widely used by pulp and paper companies. If that
\nis the case, why not be consistent and close other pulp and paper
\ncompanies throughout the country, for none of them have a clean
\nrecord of pollution prevention.<\/p>\n
Keeping in mind that the pulp and paper industry, or other
\nindustries for that matter, cannot limit its waste to zero,
\nsustainable development research in the environmental sector
\nfinds that waste minimization in factories is the most
\nappropriate alternative. It is no longer a case of how to
\neliminate factory waste, but of how to reduce it to a minimum.<\/p>\n
MOHAMMAD RIZKY SASONO<\/p>\n
Jakarta<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/unprofessional-decision-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }