Council summons dump operator

Council summons dump operator

BEKASI: Bekasi council summoned on Tuesday the operator of
Bantar Gebang dump, PT Patriot Bekasi Bangkit, to clarify public
reports on its poor waste management.

Secretary of Commission B for economic affairs Muhamad Hasyim
Affandy told Tempointeraktif news portal that the councillors had
found that the dump's waste treatment facility was in need of
repair and that it had polluted the environment.

The dump accommodates almost two thirds of the 6,000 tons of
Jakarta's daily waste. The administration pays the operator Rp
52,500 (US$5.83) for each ton of waste it dumps there, and the
Bekasi administration receives 20 percent of that fee.

"But the scales are broken at the moment," Affandy said. -- JP