KAI Manages 14.56 Thousand Tonnes of Operational Waste Throughout 2025
Every train journey is supported by extensive activities, from rolling stock maintenance and station, depot, and workshop management to customer service. Throughout 2025, KAI recorded the management of 14,562.40 tonnes of waste from company activities, encompassing hazardous and non-hazardous waste.
KAI Vice President Corporate Communication Anne Purba said environmental management is carried out from operational processes through to offering more environmentally friendly travel options for customers.
“Environmental management is part of our daily work process. KAI continues to strengthen waste management while providing facilities and innovations that help customers build more responsible travel habits,” said Anne.
Throughout 2025, 2,683.81 tonnes of hazardous waste from company activities were recorded. KAI also recorded 11,564.41 tonnes of non-hazardous waste and rubbish, the management of which involves third parties in accordance with applicable regulations.
Efforts to reduce waste generation are also present directly at stations. By the end of 2025, KAI had provided 124 water station units at 70 stations. These facilities allow customers to refill drinking water by bringing their own tumblers or personal bottles, thereby reducing the use of single-use packaging.
Within its travel services, KAI also uses wooden cutlery and waste bags made from recycled plastic as part of utilising more environmentally friendly materials. The policy of restricting single-use plastics also continues to be applied in company activities.
“Through water stations, customers can bring tumblers and refill water during their journey. Simple habits like this, if carried out widely, will help reduce the use of single-use packaging in the public transport ecosystem,” said Anne.
KAI also runs Green Travel education for workers, suppliers, tenants, and customers. This education encourages the use of reusable items, the reduction of single-use plastics, and more orderly waste management while at stations and during journeys.
Reduction in material use is further strengthened through travel digitalisation, including the use of e-boarding on Access by KAI and Face Recognition Boarding Gate, which reduces the need for printing paper-based boarding passes.
“KAI will continue to strengthen waste management, the use of more environmentally friendly materials, digitalisation, and facilities that support changes in customer habits. We want every journey to be more efficient in using resources and to have an increasingly positive impact on the environment,” concluded Anne.