Environment Minister reminds hotels, restaurants and cafés to manage waste independently (HOREKA)

Every piece of litter that is scattered reveals our failure. Jakarta (ANTARA) - Environment Minister (Menteri Lingkungan Hidup, LH) Hanif Faisol Nurofiq reminded that managers of hotel, restaurant, cafe areas (HOREKA) must independently manage their waste as part of efforts to improve waste management in Indonesia. In a statement confirmed from Jakarta on Friday, the Environment Minister/Head of the Environmental Control Agency (BPLH) Hanif highlighted several areas that have already shown good waste management performance, including the city of Surabaya in East Java, which has emerged as the region with the best waste management performance in 2025 and is eligible for the Sertifikat Menuju Kota Bersih (Clean City Certification). ‘Surabaya is already on the right track as a clean city, but this is not enough. There are still challenges, particularly in the HOREKA area (hotels, restaurants and cafes) which must independently manage their waste from source to end,’ said Minister Hanif. He spoke after a cleanup activity at the area of the Submarine Ship Monument and Kalimas River in Surabaya today, emphasising that waste management must become a culture of society with sorting from the source. Surabaya city itself generates around 1,810.81 tonnes of waste per day. Of that amount, only 31.49 tonnes remain unmanaged, including waste that is burned openly or dumped into the environment. In this regard, he noted that Surabaya has shown progress and received national recognition. However, he stated, the journey towards Adipura still requires real work and hard effort from all parties, especially the independence of the HOREKA area to resolve waste independently and realise a behavioural change in society to sort waste at the household level. ‘With collaboration and real commitment, this city will not only be clean, but also able to achieve Adipura, while also promoting the independence of the business world to manage its own waste and build a culture of cleanliness in society that can be handed down to future generations,’ said Hanif Faisol Nurofiq.