Bogor needs waste dumps

Bogor needs waste dumps

JAKARTA (JP): The Bogor administration has come under fire for its carelessness in building inadequate facilities at the final waste dump in Pasir Jambu village.

The Antara news agency reported on Thursday that the facilities still lacking are an asphalted road leading to the location and a concrete wall around the dump to prevent the garbage from being scattered.

Pasir Jambu residents have been affected by air pollution for years because of the absence of these facilities.

"We have reported these conditions to the Bogor administration many times but so far there has been no action being taken," a resident said.

The resident also said the administration had violated the rule that only domestic and market wastes could be dumped there.

"The administration also dumps dangerous hospital wastes there," the resident said. (mas)