Garbage piles in C. Jakarta

Garbage piles in C. Jakarta

JAKARTA (JP): Central Jakarta mayoralty is facing a shortage
of refuse collection trucks, leaving up to 2,700 cubic metres of
refuse on the city's streets each month, an official has said.

M. Yanis, the mayoralty's spokesman, said early this week that
about 5,200 cubic metres of waste was produced by the district
each month.

He explained that the mayoralty's sanitation office owned 234
trucks, of which only 150 were operational. The remainder of the
fleet are defunct.

"The largest producers of waste are business centers, markets
and shopping centers, which account for 40 percent of refuse
collected," Yanis was quoted by Antara as saying.

In order to help cope with the huge piles of refuse, Yanis
said the mayoralty is operating three incinerators located near
the mayoralty's sanitation offices in Kemayoran and on Jl. Layang
Lindung.

"This equipment can reduce the volume of refuse by up to
90 percent," he said, adding that the number of incinerators will
be increased to 10 during the current 1998/99 fiscal year. (hhr)