KLH Ready to Assist SPPG MBG in Implementing Circular Economy

The Ministry of Environment (KLH) has stated its readiness to provide assistance to ensure the principles of a circular economy are implemented in the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) Programme, so that all food production and its waste do not burden the environment.

In a statement confirmed from Jakarta on Monday, Deputy Minister of Environment/Wakil Kepala Badan Pengendalian Lingkungan Hidup (BPLH) Diaz Hendriyono stated his party is ready to assist the Nutrition Fulfilment Service Unit (SPPG) to ensure that production processes and the management of food and liquid waste do not leak into the environment, but instead cycle back into new resources with economic and ecological value.

“What we can achieve quickly is whether the production process can be circular. We have the MBG Programme, and there are SPPGs everywhere. Our target is to assist them so that these SPPGs can create a circular ecosystem, and that is what we are currently doing. Everything we do must include circularity, including the President’s priority programmes,” explained Deputy Minister Diaz.

At the Indonesia Net-Zero Summit 2026 in Jakarta on Saturday (1/8), Deputy Minister Diaz conveyed that KLH/BPLH has already provided technical assistance and environmental infrastructure at several pilot SPPGs.

“At the Halim SPPG, in addition to managing waste, KLH/BPLH provided a wastewater treatment plant (IPAL) to manage liquid waste. Next to the SPPG, there is a 6.5-hectare rice field. Because the irrigation water comes from the IPAL, the field can be harvested three times. From this, we can see that MBG is not just about providing food, but also about producing food,” he explained.

KLH/BPLH conveyed that the implementation of a circular economy does not always depend on high technology, but is also rooted in local wisdom.

Strengthening circular principles is an urgent effort in facing increasingly extreme global climate change.

Deputy Minister Diaz reminded of the real threat to Indonesia’s islands if significant mitigation and adaptation measures are not taken across all development sectors.

“We must ensure Indonesia continues to exist, because if we do nothing, there is a forecast from Maplecroft stating that by 2050, around 1,500 small islands will be submerged, and by 2100, according to the ADB, more than 115 medium-sized islands will sink. Therefore, we must ensure that what we produce has circularity, so that Indonesia remains and that forecast proves wrong,” said Deputy Minister of Environment Diaz Hendriyono.