No Longer Relying on Bantargebang, Jakarta DPRD Calls for Waste to be Resolved at the Kelurahan Level

Jakarta, Kompas.com - Member of Commission D of the Jakarta Provincial DPRD, Nabilah Aboe Bakar Alhabsyi, has called for a reform of Jakarta’s waste-management system. She urged that waste handling should no longer rely solely on final disposal sites such as Bantargebang’s TPST. She argued that waste should be resolved directly in each locality, from districts to kelurahan. This stance was also outlined by the Special Committee (Pansus) on Waste Management of the Jakarta DPRD during an audience with the Ministry of Environment on Tuesday, 19 May 2026. ‘As was discussed yesterday, going forward waste must be settled in the areas themselves. Do not place everything on Bantargebang. Districts and kelurahan must be strengthened to become the base of waste management that can be resolved directly,’ said Nabilah at the Jakarta DPRD on Thursday, 21 May 2026. Nabilah also called on the DKI Provincial Government to establish pilot waste-management areas in each administrative city in Jakarta. The areas are expected to serve as exemplars in waste processing, from sorting and processing of organic waste to reducing waste that cannot be processed. If successful, other areas could imitate. ‘There must be kelurahan or kecamatan, or at least at the scale of an administrative city, that can serve as a pilot area for resolving waste, whether that means turning waste into something more useful (Waste-To-Energy) or ensuring waste is completely destroyed,’ she said. In addition, she asked that the Environmental Service Office (Suku Dinas Lingkungan Hidup) in the five administrative cities be given sufficient funding and authority to handle waste in their areas. ‘The head of the service must have a budget and a clear system so they can work in their areas, not everything waiting from the centre,’ she said. Nabilah hopes local and central governments can work together to improve the waste-management system to be simpler, faster, and more territorially based.