Environmental Agency Explains Waste Truck Activities at Tanah Kusir Cemetery
The Jakarta Environmental Agency (DLH) states that there is no waste dumping into the Pesanggrahan River in the Tanah Kusir Public Cemetery area, South Jakarta. This statement comes after a post on Threads circulated accusing waste dumping activities into the river at that location.
Head of the Water Body Waste Handling Unit of the DKI Jakarta DLH, Dadang Cahya Rusdiana, said that the dump pickup vehicles seen in the post are part of waste transportation operations. He stated that the location is a temporary holding point or emplacement owned by the DLH in the Special Block of Tanah Kusir Public Cemetery.
“There is no waste dumping into water bodies. The activities observed are official temporary holding processes, and all operations at the location are well-controlled,” said Dadang in a written statement, quoted on Friday, 27 March 2026.
The location, he said, is a transit point for waste from cleaning rivers and reservoirs in the Pesanggrahan and Kebayoran Baru sub-districts. The waste is then transferred using small trucks to the Perintis emplacement for further sorting before being transported to the Integrated Waste Processing Site (TPST) Bantargebang. “It is a transit point from water body cleaning results, not a dumping location,” he stated.
Dadang said the impression of dumping into the river arose due to the angle of the photo taken parallel to the road. “In fact, the activities are at a legal holding point and there is no dumping into water bodies,” he added.
Dadang further explained that the narrow cemetery roads prevent large containers from being placed there. Therefore, waste is temporarily placed in the area below the embankment before being transported using appropriate vehicles.
“We ensure no waste enters water bodies. That area is also used to collect tree pruning remnants from Tanah Kusir Public Cemetery by the Forestry and Parks Agency. The location is equipped with HDPE floating cube barriers, and all management processes are carried out according to standard operating procedures,” he said.