Pramono has signed Ingub on household waste sorting

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung Wibowo has confirmed that he has signed a gubernatorial instruction (Ingub) on household waste sorting.

“I have signed the gubernatorial instruction for the waste sorting process,” Pramono said at Jakarta City Hall on Monday.

In addition, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government will soon collaborate with the Ministry of Environment and Forestry to declare waste sorting initiatives in Jakarta.

Pramono stated that waste management in the capital must be a collective effort involving both the government and the public. It is hoped that the household waste sorting movement can be widely implemented across all of Jakarta.

“The pilot programme has actually already started in Rorotan, Cilincing, and elsewhere, but hopefully next week this movement will become a massive effort carried out by all administrative cities in Jakarta,” he said.

Previously, Pramono had mentioned that the habit of sorting waste at home must begin to be implemented in the capital because the capacity of the Bantargebang Integrated Waste Processing Site (TPST) is no longer adequate. This is especially true after the landslide that occurred there some time ago.

“For Jakarta residents, like it or not, ready or not, they must start getting used to sorting waste. Because firstly, the limitations at Bantargebang make it impossible to manage all waste as before,” he said.

Pramono has also uploaded a socialisation video regarding waste sorting on the official Instagram account of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government.

In the video, Pramono invites all Jakarta residents to participate in the Source-Based Waste Sorting Movement.

The public must sort waste into four categories. These include easily degradable waste that can be processed into compost, recyclable waste such as plastic, paper, and metal that can be channelled to waste banks.

Then, hazardous and toxic waste (B3), and finally, residual waste that cannot be processed further.