Mandung Landfill in Tabanan Now Equipped with Jineng-Shaped Composting Facility

The Mandung Final Disposal Site (TPA) in Tabanan, Bali, is now equipped with a composting facility. The site is designed to process organic waste into compost.

Head of the Waste and Sewage Processing Technical Implementation Unit (UPTD) of the Tabanan Environmental Agency (DLH), I Wayan Atmaja, explained that the jineng-shaped building was constructed in 2025 and began to be utilised this year. According to him, the facility is one of the efforts to reduce organic waste entering the TPA.

“This is to anticipate organic waste from DLH activities such as tree and city park trimming so that not all of it enters the landfill,” said Atmaja on Wednesday (15/4/2026).

The composting building at the TPA, located in Sembung Gede Village, Kerambitan Subdistrict, Tabanan, has eight chambers with a capacity of around one tonne of organic waste. The processing of organic waste into compost is estimated to take about 20 days.

Atmaja stated that the processing of organic waste is currently still in the trial stage and has been carried out since March. According to him, the processing still uses simple shredding machines or household scale, which in terms of capacity is not yet optimal.

“Currently, it is still in the trial stage, so it is not yet maximal because the equipment used is still limited,” he added.

It is known that the Mandung TPA has a land area of 26,920 square metres with a TPA area of around 18,820 square metres. This TPA is equipped with a Faecal Sludge Treatment Installation (IPLT) facility covering 4,900 square metres.

The volume of waste entering the Mandung TPA reaches 454 cubic metres or around 150 tonnes per day. In a year, the total waste entering reaches 165,256 cubic metres or around 54,600 tonnes, with an average of 70 trucks per day.

The composition of waste entering currently is still dominated by organic waste at around 70 percent, with the remainder 20 percent inorganic waste and 10 percent residue. As of 1 May 2026, the Mandung TPA will only accept residue waste.