Government Set to Improve Waste Management across 30 Districts through LSDP
This collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLH) and the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri), known as the Local Service Delivery Improvement Project (LSDP), is intended for waste management capacity of 100 to 120 tonnes.
Jakarta (ANTARA) – The government plans to implement the Local Service Delivery Improvement Project (LSDP) to improve waste management, which is scheduled to be carried out in 30 regencies/cities.
Minister of Home Affairs (Mendagri) Muhammad Tito Karnavian, during the National Waste Management Coordination Meeting in Jakarta on Wednesday, stated that the government will not only build Waste-to-Energy (PSEL) facilities in 33 locations with waste generation exceeding 1,000 tonnes per day, but also in other regions through the LSDP to address waste at the local level with support from the World Bank.
“This is a collaboration with KLH and the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri), called the Local Service Delivery Improvement Project (LSDP), for a waste capacity of 100 to 120 tonnes. We are looking for regions that have 100 to 120 tonnes of waste, and we will help finance them with funds from the World Bank,” explained Minister Tito.
The Minister stated that regions that are already included in the PSEL development agglomeration area will not be included in the candidate regions that will receive LSDP waste management assistance.
The remaining regions with waste generation below 100-120 tonnes, he said, will be directed to be able to resolve waste upstream.
The LSDP is a programme supported by the World Bank in Indonesia to build financial and institutional capacity to improve waste management services at the local level.
The success of the programme is measured by the realisation of national regulations regarding the implementation of waste management standards that can be implemented, increased waste management budgets by local governments, the amount of waste collected and managed, and the reduction of waste ending up in landfills.