East Kalimantan Provincial Government, OIKN, and Kutai Kartanegara Regency Agree to Convert Waste into Electricity
The transformation of waste into electrical energy is an effort by local governments, together with OIKN and related parties, to improve public health through circular environmental management. Tenggarong, East Kalimantan (ANTARA) - The Kutai Kartanegara Regency Government (Pemkab Kukar) is committed to converting waste management into electricity generation alongside the Nusantara Capital Authority (OIKN) and East Kalimantan Province, to address environmental pollution, reduce waste piles, and support the renewable energy transition. “The transformation of waste into electrical energy is an effort by local governments together with OIKN and related parties to improve public health through circular environmental management,” said Kukar Regent Aulia Rahman Basri in Tenggarong on Sunday. This commitment was demonstrated through the approval and signing of a Waste Management to Electricity Energy (PSEL) cooperation agreement between the Kukar Regent, the Head of OIKN, the East Kalimantan Governor, and the Balikpapan City Government, which took place at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) in Jakarta on Friday (10/4). In this regard, his side continues to foster public awareness to independently sort waste so that everyone is responsible for the waste they produce, such as through waste bank communities in villages and sub-districts. “Meanwhile, Kutai Kartanegara Regency, which is a border area with those two regions, acts as a supporter to meet the raw material needs of waste that will be processed into electrical energy through Waste-to-Energy Power Plants (PLTSa),” he said. The strategic PSEL project is entrusted to two regions because, in addition to the commitment of local leaders, it is also due to high waste production, namely waste production in Samarinda in 2025 around 600-660 tonnes per day, in Balikpapan around 550 tonnes per day, and waste production in Kukar only around 354 tonnes per day.