Government and private sector build garbage compactor

JAKARTA (JP): The City Sanitation Office is planning to enter into a 25-year build-operation-and-transfer (BOT) agreement with PT Intan Maru Mahkota (IMM) to build a garbage compactor.

The Surabaya-based recycling company converts organic waste into compost, an official said yesterday.

"We have provided 10 hectares of land in Duri Kosambi, West Jakarta, as the site for the station," Moch. Subasir, the head of the office told reporters.

Subasir revealed the plan after attending the signing of agreements between the city administration and the directorate general of taxation and the state-owned post and money transfer company (Perum Pos dan Giro) at the City Hall yesterday.

The planned transfer station will be very useful for separating garbage dumped in the Duri Kosambi area and condense it before transferring it to the Bantar Gebang landfill in Bekasi, Subasir said.

The station will have a capacity to accommodate 2,000 cubic meters of garbage every day, Subasir said.

Subasir said in the future he would build transfer station in every subdistrict of the city to reduce the amount of garbage scattered or spilled while being transported to the landfill site.

He said about 4,000 cubic meters of garbage are spilled every day.

According to Subasir, representatives of PT IMM and the sanitation office are scheduled to meet with the governor today to request his approval over the planned agreement.

When asked about his office's capacity to manage garbage, Subasir said that at present the sanitation office is able to dispose about 19,900 cubic meters, or 83 percent, of the 24,000 cubic meters of garbage the city produces in a day.

Currently, the office has 804 garbage trucks, 707 of which are ready for operation. (06)