Environment Ministry prepares waste management roadmap, updates rules on producer responsibility

Jakarta (ANTARA) — The Ministry of Environment (KLH) is preparing a region-based thematic roadmap for waste management and updating regulations on producers’ responsibility for waste reduction.

Vinda Damayanti Ansjar, Deputy for Waste Management, Waste and Hazardous and Toxic Materials (PSLB3) at KLH/Environmental Control Agency (BPLH), said in a statement received in Jakarta on Tuesday that the region-based thematic map is being drawn up in stages to meet the target of the National Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMN) 2025-2029, namely achieving 100 per cent waste management by 2029.

“In 2026 we will focus on strengthening governance, ending the practice of open dumping at landfill sites, and reactivating MRF facilities. 2027 will focus on mass facility construction. It is hoped that by 2028 Indonesia will progressively move towards 100 per cent managed waste, with 2029 continuing with perfecting its sustainability,” said Vinda.

Speaking at a hearing with Commission XII of the House of Representatives in Jakarta on Monday (7/9), Vinda presented factual data on current national waste management, noting that total waste generation reaches 144,562 tonnes per day, with a growth rate of 1.48 per cent per year, in line with a population that has reached 285.4 million people.

In addition, of the 40,267 waste processing facilities in Indonesia — including TPS3R, TPSD and waste banks — most are active, although their operational capacity still needs to be optimised.

She also said that KLH/BPLH is revising Minister of Environment and Forestry Regulation Number 75 of 2018 on the Roadmap for Waste Reduction by Producers in order to clarify the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme. The regulation is being adjusted to be more applicable for businesses.

Under the plan, producers will be required to pay fees to a Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO) to manage or take back packaging waste they have released onto the market.

She stated that this obligation also applies to importers of products and packaging.

“Importers will also be given responsibility. Importers will be responsible for the products and packaging they import. That is one of the new elements in this revision of Regulation 75,” said Vinda Damayanti.