Garbage exports

Garbage exports

From Bisnis Indonesia

The Bantar Gebang garbage dumping site east of Jakarta receives a daily average of 20,000 tons of organic waste from the Greater Jakarta area.

This situation brings forth complex problems but at the same time opens business opportunities.

From the research I have conducted since 1986 organic garbage can be turned into products of high-economy value such as active carbon, industrial waste filters, substances to promote plant growth, fungicide, organic insecticide, stress reducing medicine, electromagnetic anti-wave panels which are very good for special/military installation protection.

Organic waste can also be transformed into no-fume and odorless solid fuel with 7,500 K calorie/kilogram.

The solid fuel is very suitable for steam-powered generating plants, metal melting industries, room heaters, so that it is much in demand in subtropical countries like Japan, Korea and Taiwan.

The investment for constructing a solid fuel industry with a production capacity of 10,000 tons/year is estimated at Rp 10 billion.

It can be concluded from the above that if garbage is processed by the right technology, it can open good business opportunities, increase regional revenues and the state's foreign exchange revenues.

J. PURNOMO SURYONEGORO

Depok, West Java