Pertamina plans to take out trash

Pertamina plans to take out trash

JAKARTA: State oil and gas firm PT Pertamina has signed a
contract with waste treatment company PT Prasadha Pamunah Limbah
Industry (PPLi) in Cileungsi, West Java to treat some 16,000 tons
of hazardous waste produced by Pertamina's Balongan Processing
unit.

In a press release on Thursday, Pertamina said that as part of
the contract, it had sent 300 tons of hazardous waste to PPLi for
treatment last week. A second shipment of hazardous waste is
scheduled for August.

Pertamina has had numerous problems managing its waste at
Balongan after it decided to drop a contract with PPLi following
probe into an alleged Pertamina collusion scam in late 1990s.

Pertamina added that it was also working with other companies
to dispose of its hazardous waste, including PT Kramapadma,
Elmindo Bandung concrete factory, CV Dwi in Bandung, and a roof
materials manufacturer in Siliwangi. -- JP