Jakarta Legislative Council Establishes Special Committee on Waste Management Following Bantargebang Landfill Collapse
JAKARTA – The Jakarta Regional Representative Council (DPRD DKI) has established a Special Committee (Pansus) on Waste Management following the tragic landslide at the Integrated Waste Processing Facility (TPST) Bantargebang in Bekasi City, which claimed seven lives on Sunday, 8 March 2026.
DPRD DKI member Raden Gusti Arief stated that the committee will examine various aspects of waste management in Jakarta, ranging from policy formulation to the implementation of waste processing technologies.
“We at the Jakarta DPRD have established the Special Committee on Waste Management for Jakarta to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the capital’s waste management policies, systems, and direction,” Raden Gusti Arief stated in an official statement on Wednesday, 11 March 2026.
Additionally, the committee will also accelerate the adoption of modern waste processing technologies and ensure adequate safety protection for workers, waste collectors, and residents living near waste disposal sites.
The committee will also develop a roadmap for waste reduction, ranging from management at the source level to the final processing stages.
Gusti believes that Jakarta has delayed major solutions in waste management for too long and continues to rely on temporary measures.
“Jakarta has postponed comprehensive solutions for too long and has only applied band-aid approaches to waste problems,” he said.
“The tragedy at Bantargebang must be a turning point. Jakarta’s waste can no longer be managed using the old approach,” he stated.
According to Gusti, as a global city, Jakarta should not continue to rely on waste management systems considered outdated.
The landslide at TPST Bantargebang occurred on Sunday, 8 March 2026 around 14.00 Western Indonesia Time. A mountain of accumulated waste suddenly collapsed and struck a food stall and several garbage collection trucks at the location.
Rescue personnel then conducted search operations at the landslide site. In this incident, seven people were reported dead, whilst six others were rescued alive.
This incident serves as a serious warning about Jakarta’s waste management system, which continues to rely on the traditional approach of transporting waste from the city and dumping it at final disposal sites.