DKI Jakarta Partners with Dasawisma Cadres to Encourage Residents to Sort Waste at Source
Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Jakarta Provincial Government (Pemprov DKI Jakarta) is engaging dasawisma cadres, the empowerment and welfare of families (PKK), mosquito-monitoring officers (jumantik), and even posyandu to encourage residents of the capital to sort waste from the source, i.e., from homes.
Head of the Office for Empowerment, Child Protection, and Population Control (PPAPP) of DKI Jakarta, Dwi Oktavia, said that dasawisma cadres through to posyandu are the front line in their respective communities to ensure waste sorting becomes a habit.
‘There are 76 thousand dasawisma cadres; there should not be an inch of area in Jakarta or any family member in Jakarta who is not covered,’ she said during the ‘Socialisation of the Waste Sorting Movement From Home’, which was held online on Wednesday.
Dwi noted that sorting waste from home is one of the key determinants of more effective, sustainable waste management in the community and in line with the concept of a big city.
‘Sorting awareness is not merely a cleanliness issue, but also part of building a culture so that from now on we are preparing ourselves to be Jakarta residents who, God willing, will increasingly have a real presence on the global stage,’ she explained.
Dwi then urged dasawisma cadres and up to posyandu to practise waste sorting from home and pass it on to the community.
In the same event, Hary Sutanto, Head of the Community Empowerment and Family Welfare Division of the DKI Jakarta PPAPP, optimistically stated that with active involvement from all sectors of society and partners within the PPAPP, the sorting and management of source-separated waste mandated by Governor Pramono Anung can be achieved optimally, especially at the household level.
‘Our hope is that, in the end, this will not only reduce waste volumes in Jakarta but also bring regulations closer and drive widespread, sustainable waste management,’ he said.
The Jakarta Provincial Government invites residents to move together to sort waste from home through the declaration ‘Keep Jakarta Clean, Sort Waste’ as part of the series of activities marking the hundred-and-ninety-ninth anniversary of Jakarta towards five centuries at the H.R. Rasuna Said corridor, Festival Market pedestrian, South Jakarta, on Sunday (10/5).
Source-segregated waste sorting is an important step to strengthen waste management in Jakarta. The majority of waste generation comes from households, while almost half of it is organic waste and the rest still offers potential for recycling.
‘Through Governor of Jakarta Instruction Number 5 of 2026 on the Movement for Sorting and Processing Waste From the Source, we want to invite the public to understand that sorting waste is no longer a choice but a shared necessity to save Jakarta from a waste emergency,’ said DKI Jakarta Environment Agency (DLH) head Dudi Gardesi.