Indonesian government seeks to reactivate idle 3R waste processing sites
About 30 percent of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Waste Processing Sites (TPS3R) nationwide are inactive, Deputy Environment Minister Diaz Hendropriyono said at a coordination meeting on waste management in Jakarta.
“Roughly 30 percent of TPS3R are not operating. The Environment Ministry is preparing a joint ministerial decree to bring them back online,” he said.
The move is part of a broader push to ensure 100 percent waste management by 2029, when daily waste generation is projected to reach 146,780 tons.
Under the plan, TPS3R facilities and central waste banks are expected to process 29,124 tons per day, equivalent to 19.84 percent of total daily waste at the village level by 2029.
Waste treatment at the source, including biodigesters and composting, is targeted to handle 12.40 percent of daily waste.
Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) technology is projected to process 25.29 percent of waste each day. In areas without RDF off-takers, non-RDF integrated waste processing sites (TPST) are expected to manage 19.98 percent.
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On a larger scale, waste-to-energy (WtE) plants in regions generating more than 1,000 tons of waste per day are expected to process 33,000 tons daily, or 22.48 percent of total projected waste by 2029.
The remaining 30 percent will be handled at landfills designated only for residual waste, he said.
Interim data from the Environment Ministry’s National Waste Management Information System (SIPSN) show that waste generation reached 24.8 million tons in 2025, based on reports from 245 of Indonesia’s 514 districts and cities.
Of that volume, only 34.55 percent has been properly managed, underscoring the scale of the challenge facing Southeast Asia’s largest economy as it works to strengthen waste infrastructure and reduce reliance on open dumping.
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Translator: Prisca Triferna, Raka Adji