Garbology concerns

SEMARANG: Most of the garbage in Semarang, amounting to more than 4,000 cubic meters a day, can be recycled into fertilizer or other reusable materials, thereby mitigating pollution, said a lecturer on Saturday.

Safrudin, a lecturer from the Environmental Technology school at Diponegoro University, said that some 97.55 percent of garbage consisted of vegetable matter, leftover food, plastic, tin cans and other things that can be reprocessed.

The remaining 2.55 percent of garbage could not be recycled or could endanger the environment, he said without specifying. -- Antara