Environment Ministry Affirms Halt to Open Dumping of Waste Across Indonesia from 1 August

The Ministry of Environment has established a deadline for the elimination of open dumping practices at all Final Waste Processing Sites (TPA) starting from 1 August 2026. The cessation of open dumping waste management systems applies not only to Bali but across Indonesia.

This was affirmed by Ardyanto Nugroho, Director of Complaints and Environmental Supervision Enforcement at the Ministry of Environment. The policy also compels the hotel, restaurant, and café sector (Horeka) to manage organic waste independently at their respective business locations.

“As of 1 August 2026, the Minister of Environment has targeted that all TPAs in Indonesia will no longer engage in open dumping practices. The most important aspect is our collaboration at the Ministry of Environment with local governments and business permit holders in the tourism sector,” said Ardyanto during a coordination meeting on waste processing with hotel, restaurant, and café business operators at Puspem Badung on Thursday (7/5/2025).

Ardyanto explained that waste permitted to enter TPAs in the future will be limited to a maximum of 10% and restricted to residual categories. The remainder must be managed by communities and business operators to avoid overburdening TPA capacities.

Results from waste management supervision indicate that compliance levels in the Horeka sector, particularly in Bali, remain extremely poor, with a 100% non-compliance rate among 517 inspected entities. In Badung Regency alone, 401 entities have been subjected to administrative sanctions by the government for proven violations of environmental management procedures.

Ardyanto emphasised that these measures target not only Bali. According to him, similar efforts are being conducted intensively in other major cities such as Jakarta, South Tangerang, and Bandung, West Java.

“We have already conducted supervision in several areas that are our focus. One of them is DKI Jakarta, South Tangerang, Bandung, and so on. Compliance rates outside those areas are higher than in Bali, but I need to check the database again for the exact figures,” he concluded.