Koster Claims Bali Waste Segregation Reaches 70 Percent After Suwung Landfill Restrictions

Bali Governor Wayan Koster has claimed that the level of waste segregation in Bali has reached 70 per cent. The achievement reportedly increased after the Bali Provincial Government restricted the delivery of organic waste to the Suwung Final Processing Site to just twice a week. “It continues to increase, because it has been limited to only twice a week for organic waste and the rest is non-organic,” Koster said after a Waste Segregation Alert Parade at Renon Square, Denpasar, on Tuesday. “This will continue to be improved, and as of now it has only reached 70 per cent, so we will keep pushing. Ultimately, the Suwung landfill must be closed,” he added.

He assessed that the movement to segregate waste from households is key so that various waste processing facilities, such as Integrated Waste Processing Sites, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Waste Processing Sites, and Waste-to-Energy plants, can operate optimally. “Therefore, today’s waste segregation parade movement is very important to be passed on to residents so they are more enthusiastic about sorting waste,” he explained. Koster also acknowledged that the densely populated areas of Badung and Denpasar would require extra effort in educating and encouraging waste segregation in households, as well as in hotels, restaurants, and cafes. “Not everything can be managed at the source, but at least it can be sorted. So that later this sorted waste can be taken to the waste-to-energy processing facility that will be built in Bali,” Koster stressed.

Deputy Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs Hanif Faisol Nurofiq and Bali Governor Wayan Koster led the waste segregation alert parade at Renon Square, Denpasar, on Tuesday. Koster opened the parade by conveying a message regarding waste segregation in Bali. In front of military and police personnel, the Badung and Denpasar Environmental Agencies, and student representatives from Badung and Denpasar, Koster spoke of the importance of the waste segregation movement, especially for organic waste to be processed independently into fertiliser. “Through this waste segregation alert parade, we make waste segregation a daily movement embedded in every household in Bali,” Koster said. He added that if carried out consistently, it would provide great benefits, especially for Bali’s natural environment. Meanwhile, Deputy Coordinating Minister Hanif added that the food security sector is inseparable from a region’s waste management system. Hanif continued that Bali is the face of tourism whose natural beauty must be preserved. Therefore, Bali can no longer be tolerated regarding its waste management, which still involves open dumping. “Let us immediately build and rush to carry out waste segregation. It is so important that waste segregation must be done in Bali, especially in Denpasar and Badung. Because the Suwung landfill is truly in a state of emergency,” he explained.