Bekasi Regency Opens Two Zones at Burangkeng Landfill to Anticipate Post-Eid Waste Surge
The Bekasi Regency Government has opened two disposal zones simultaneously at the Burangkeng Final Disposal Site (TPA) as a precautionary measure against the surge in household waste volume following the Idul Fitri 1447 Hijriah holiday period.
The Head of the Environmental Agency (Kadis LH) of Bekasi Regency, Syafri Donny Sirait, stated that opening two disposal zones is a strategy to anticipate the waste volume spike throughout the Eid holiday, ensuring that waste management services continue to operate optimally despite the significant increase.
“The northern and southern zones are opened together right after the Eid holiday period ended, so that the waste brought to the Burangkeng TPA can be processed immediately for disposal,” said Syafri in Cikarang, as quoted on Monday (30/3).
He explained that the waste volume surge occurred after the temporary closure of activities at the Burangkeng TPA from 20-24 March 2026 due to the Eid holiday and collective leave, necessitating special handling to accommodate all waste optimally.
The Bekasi Regency Environmental Agency recorded that since reopening on Wednesday (25/3), at least 100 rubbish transport trucks entered the Burangkeng TPA for unloading. Each truck fleet typically carries 4 to 5 tonnes of waste.
The following day, Thursday (26/3), the number of waste transport vehicles entering and recorded in the Burangkeng TPA Waste Management UPTD database increased to 150 vehicles.
A significant surge occurred on Friday (27/3), where disposal activities served up to 370 rubbish transport trucks.
“Alhamdulillah, even with the increase to hundreds of vehicles, the situation remains manageable because queues can be anticipated by opening two zones simultaneously,” he said.
Syafri noted that activating these two disposal zones has proven effective in reducing queues of waste transport vehicles that rose during the Eid homecoming and return flow periods, allowing waste management services to run optimally.
He acknowledged that homecoming activities impacted a decrease in waste volume, particularly from households, as many Bekasi Regency residents are migrants; however, on the other hand, the community’s economic vibrancy during the Eid holiday also contributed to increased waste production.
“Many small business actors opened temporary stalls, and they generated waste. It’s good for the economic aspect, but unfortunately, some still dispose of waste indiscriminately, in illegal TPS or riverbanks. We are optimising the role of all UPTDs to transport such waste to the TPA,” he said.
The Head of the Cleanliness Division at the Bekasi Regency Environmental Agency, Mansur Sulaiman, added that mitigation to prevent waste surges was also carried out through several efforts. One of them is socialisation to the public regarding the ‘homecoming without waste’ movement.
“This effort is important, especially for homecomers, considering that Bekasi Regency is a transit route with a projection of more than one million homecomers,” said Mansur.
Another step is ensuring the readiness of waste transport fleets well in advance before the holiday period, including vehicle maintenance and fuel availability, so that operations continue maximally without adding new fleets.
They also plan to collaborate with the private sector in managing non-organic waste after Eid through a mining scheme at the Burangkeng TPA area, aiming to reduce the accumulated waste volume.
“We also urge the entire community to sort waste from their respective homes as a simple yet effective solution to reduce the burden on the Burangkeng TPA,” he concluded.