Mounting Waste at Budi Dharma TPS in North Jakarta Due to Diversion from Four Neighbourhoods
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The head of Semper Timur sub-district, Tien Septimar Rosanita, stated that the overflowing waste at the Budi Dharma TPS, located on Jalan Akses Marunda, Cilincing, North Jakarta, is partly caused by waste being dumped from several other sub-districts. This is because the Budi Dharma TPS receives waste from other areas whose TPS are undergoing renovations or are operating beyond capacity.
“The overflowing waste is also due to the diversion of waste from the Kober TPS due to renovations, so the Semper Barat and Lagoa sub-districts are also dumping their waste at this location. The Cilincing and Marunda sub-districts are also dumping their waste here because their TPS are also overloaded,” she said when contacted by Kompas.com on Wednesday (25/2/2026).
According to Tien, this diversion is not a policy of the Semper Timur sub-district.
“No, it was the (Environmental Agency) that diverted the waste to this TPS,” she said.
Meanwhile, local residents believe that the condition of the Budi Dharma TPS is already unsuitable due to overcapacity. Agus (55), a local resident, said that the limited number of waste collection vehicles is causing waste to pile up.
“It’s over capacity. In the past few months, the waste has piled up like a mountain,” he said when met by Kompas.com near the location on Wednesday.
He also highlighted that the TPS, which is supposed to be a temporary storage facility, still has a significant amount of accumulated waste.
“If it’s supposed to be temporary, then people should dump their waste in the morning, and it should be cleared in the afternoon,” he said.
Agus believes that supervision at the TPS needs to be tightened to prevent illegal dumping and prolonged accumulation of waste.
“There should be security personnel on duty. Even if one of the two guards is out, the other should still be here. And they need to be firm,” he added.
Kompas.com has attempted to request a response from Eddy Mulyanto, the Head of the North Jakarta Environmental Agency, regarding this situation. However, as of the time of this report, no response has been received.