Market Traders Forced to Manage Waste Themselves, Perumda Prepares Market Waste Processing Site
Market traders in Denpasar are now required to manage organic waste independently amid still-high waste production. Perumda Pasar Sewakadarma states that this policy is temporary while preparing a special waste processing site (TPS) for the market.
“Only organic waste. Fortunately, the waste volume can still be anticipated. After this self-management, there is still high waste production, 8-10 baskets per day, with the most waste at Pasar Kreneng and Pasar Badung,” said Director of Perumda Pasar Sewakadarma Ida Bagus Kompyang Wiranata when interviewed by detikBali on Friday (10/4/2026).
Perumda continues to collect inorganic waste and residues. Meanwhile, supervision is tightened through staff and the installation of CCTV to penalise violating traders.
“We have cleaning and security staff. We also install CCTV to monitor traders. For example, now at Pasar Kreneng, additional CCTV has been added for mischievous traders, so with CCTV, several have been caught,” he explained.
Leftover scattered waste is also sorted and shredded using machines, then stored in modern composters or composter bags. However, the shredded results have not yet been absorbed.
“The challenge is that no one has accepted the shredding results yet. Now, for almost a week, we have one container truck of shredded waste that we have packaged. Even if no second party wants to accept the shredded waste, we will have to buy more composter bins to process it again into fertiliser or planting media. That is the ultimate goal,” Wiranata clarified.
Perumda plans to build a market TPS but is still awaiting land from the Denpasar City Government. In the meantime, processing is done simply with modern composters and shredding machines.
Traders Complain
This policy has triggered complaints, especially from traders who lack land for waste processing.
“There are certainly some, because there is no land, as some traders rent or board. The system is that if nearby traders have land, they can entrust it to those who have land,” said Head of Pasar Badung Unit Komang Sutisna.
Traders also question the obligation to take waste home.
“Told to take it home, but should market waste be taken home? But we still sort the waste,” said Ketut Kendri.
Nevertheless, enforcement of the rules is gradual without fines, but with warnings up to temporary shop closures.
“It is in the form of written warnings; if violated, we ask them to close the shop. No need to pay operational fees, but the shop still belongs to them. Actually, in the rules we made, there are (fines), but we give education first, so traders accept it first,” said Wiranata.