Environment Minister Requests Bantargebang to Stop Accepting Organic and Inorganic Waste

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq has requested the Jakarta Provincial Government to promptly issue a policy regulating that the Bantargebang Integrated Waste Processing Site (TPST) no longer accepts organic and inorganic waste in the near term. “I have already requested this from the Governor of DKI Jakarta, that at the very least in the immediate future Bantargebang must not accept organic and inorganic waste used there,” said Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq in Jakarta on Tuesday. The minister conveyed this in response to the waste landslide case at the TPST that resulted in the deaths of up to seven people, for which suspects have now been identified. He emphasised that the managers of TPST Bantargebang must take full responsibility for the incident. Furthermore, the policy to prevent TPST Bantargebang from accepting organic or inorganic waste is one of the efforts to achieve the national target of ending open dumping or final processing sites by 2026. Previously, the Indonesian City Residents’ Forum (FAKTA) also urged the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government to develop a waste management roadmap from upstream to downstream, involving active public participation and ensuring transparency and accountability in the budget for every programme. “Jakarta cannot continue to be managed in the old way. There needs to be a paradigm shift from merely chasing projects to real and measurable environmental salvation,” said Chairman of FAKTA Indonesia Ari Subagio Wibowo.