City, PT Pusri to process trash

City, PT Pusri to process trash

JAKARTA: Jakarta city administration will work in partnership
with PT Pupuk Sriwijaya (Pusri) to process garbage into manure
and other downstream products, such as recycled plastic bags and
construction material.

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) of the joint venture was
signed on Wednesday by PT Pusri, the Jakarta city administration
and PT Trihantoro, a consultant company that will perform a
feasibility study for this project.

"If the feasibility study is completed within the next two
months, we will start building our plants by the middle of this
year," said Zainal Soedjais, president director of PT Pusri, as
quoted by Antara.

Based on the MoU, they have agreed to build three plants,
which, in total, cost Rp 150 billion (about US$1.7 million), or
Rp 50 billion for each plant. Each of the plants will have the
capacity to process 350,000 tons of garbage per year into manure.

For the first stage, they will build one plant and see the
marketing prospect of the project.

Construction of the plants is financed by PT Pusri, the
Jakarta city administration and PT Trihantoro, as well as other
investors, said Soedjais.--JP