Buleleng Implements Odd-Even Waste Collection Scheme to TPA Bengkala

The Buleleng Regency Government (Pemkab) has begun implementing a new waste transportation pattern based on type to reduce the burden on the final disposal site (TPA) Bengkala, which is currently over capacity.

The applied scheme is quite simple: organic waste is transported on odd dates, while inorganic waste on even dates. This policy is expected to encourage the public to be more disciplined in sorting waste from their homes.

Buleleng Deputy Regent Gede Supriatna stressed that the success of this regulation heavily depends on community participation.

“We await the cooperation of the public. Without it, the waste problem will not be resolved,” Supriatna said on Wednesday (22/4/2026).

The TPA Bengkala itself covers an area of about 7.8 hectares and is currently under heavy pressure due to a surge in daily waste volume. Of around 400 cubic metres of waste entering each day, only about 12 percent can be managed.

According to Supriatna, this condition is inseparable from the minimal sorting of waste at the household level. If this pattern continues, waste accumulation at the TPA is inevitable.

“If it is not sorted from the source, the waste will continue to pile up and worsen the TPA’s condition,” he asserted.

He also revealed that most of the waste entering TPA Bengkala comes from urban areas. Meanwhile, several villages are said to already have processing facilities such as TPS3R.

On the other hand, Pemkab Buleleng is also beginning to change the waste management system at TPA Bengkala. The open dumping method previously used is no longer permitted by the central government.

Instead, management is directed towards using a controlled landfill system or controlled landfilling to minimise environmental impacts.

“Now we are switching to controlled landfill. This is part of system improvements, but the key remains in sorting from home,” he concluded.