Waste processing to be completed in 2003<\/p>\n
Bambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
The development of two waste processing plants in Tegal Alur,
\nWest Jakarta, and Marunda, North Jakarta, is expected to be
\ncompleted next year.<\/p>\n
Each plant is expected to employ some 500 scavengers to
\nseparate organic and inorganic waste.<\/p>\n
\"We have targeted the completion of both plants for next year
\nbefore our agreement with the Bekasi municipality on the Bantar
\nGebang dump expires,\" said Jakarta Sanitation Agency deputy
\ndirector Rama Budi on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
PT Global Interindo and its Australian partner will establish
\na 4.5-hectare plant in Tegal Alur involving a total investment of
\nUS$18 million. The plant will process at least 1,000 tons of
\nwaste into liquid fertilizer every day.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, PT Putra Bakti Mahkota and its American partner are
\nto establish a 30-hectare plant in Marunda in North Jakarta with
\nan investment of $360 million. The plant will process at least
\n2,000 tons per day into ethyl alcohol.<\/p>\n
Most of the two plants' products will be exported.<\/p>\n
Raw plastic will also be produced as a side product by both
\ncompanies.<\/p>\n
The coming onstream of the two plants is expected to reduce
\nthe city's difficulties in disposing of the 5,000 tons of garbage
\nit produces daily.<\/p>\n
A waste processing system is only one of four ways to manage
\ngarbage. The other three ways are garbage dumping, garbage
\nrecycling and zero waste garbage management.<\/p>\n
The city sanitation agency's acting head, Irzal Jamal, said
\nfollowing the signing of the memoranda of understanding in late
\nFebruary that the administration and both companies would sign
\ncollaboration agreements immediately.<\/p>\n
\"We warmly welcome the introduction of the waste management
\ntechnology. The new technology is expected to make a significant
\ncontribution to resolving garbage problems in the city,\" Irzal
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Rama said the city would not be burdened by the cost of the
\ninvestments as all the development work would be fully financed
\nby the investors.<\/p>\n
\"The city will only have to transport the garbage to the
\nplants' gates. All the waste processing will be the
\nresponsibility of the two companies,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Rama claimed that pollution in the areas surrounding the
\nplants would be minimal as the waste resulting from the waste
\nprocessing would amount to less than 10 percent of the overall
\nvolume processed.<\/p>\n
However, he encouraged both companies to familiarize local
\npeople with the projects so as to avoid misunderstandings.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the possibility of the Bekasi municipality closing
\nthe Bantar Gebang dump at some time as provided for in the MoU
\nbetween the Bekasi and Jakarta administrations, Irzal said that
\nany suspension of the agreement would have to be decided on by an
\nindependent team.<\/p>\n
\"It's true that based on the agreement Bekasi can close the
\ndump anytime if Jakarta is considered not to have fulfilled its
\npromises. Such a closure, however, can't be decided on by the
\nBekasi municipality, but rather must be decided on by an
\nindependent team,\" he said, adding that the team members would be
\njointly selected by both the Jakarta and Bekasi administrations.<\/p>",
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