Pramono Limits Waste Processing at RDF Rorotan Facility in North Jakarta

Governor of Jakarta Pramono Aung has responded to resident complaints regarding deteriorating air quality in the area surrounding the Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) waste processing facility at Rorotan in North Jakarta.

Pramono has instructed his administration to immediately reduce the volume of waste processing if pollution impacts exceed the reasonable thresholds being targeted.

“As soon as the threshold is exceeded, I request that it be reduced,” said Pramono in the Serdang area of Central Jakarta’s Kemayoran district on Monday, 16 March.

He emphasised that operations of the facility must not compromise the comfort of residents in the surrounding area, with public acceptance and health remaining the primary yardstick.

“Because for me, what matters most is that the public can accept it,” said Pramono.

To ensure the environment remains safe, the Jakarta Provincial Government continues to monitor air quality in the RDF Rorotan area on an ongoing basis.

The waste processing volume at RDF Rorotan is therefore deliberately being maintained below the maximum target to preserve air stability whilst improving the existing logistics system.

As transport management improves, Pramono hopes the facility will eventually achieve its production target safely without triggering pollution.

“And relatively it is currently holding steady at figures between 700, 800 tonnes and so on. One of the issues is indeed transportation, and transportation is now being handled better,” explained Pramono.

“Hopefully Rorotan will soon be able to operate normally with the capacity that is now targeted at 1,000 tonnes per day,” he added.