South Jakarta City Government Requests Rp16 Billion to Accelerate Organic Waste Processing
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The South Jakarta City Government (Pemkot Jaksel) has submitted a budget proposal of approximately Rp16 billion to accelerate the processing of organic waste using modern composting units and large biopore systems.
“We have proposed around Rp16 billion related to equipment for processing organic waste in the area,” said Hendrik Mindo Sihombing, Head of the Community Participation Section of the South Jakarta Environmental Service, when contacted in Jakarta on Saturday.
He explained that the budget covers facilities and infrastructure to be distributed to the community, including equipment for creating independent biopores.
In particular, Pemkot Jaksel aims for every household to have its own independent biopore as an effort to accelerate the reduction of organic waste and reduce the amount sent to the Bantargebang Integrated Waste Processing Site (TPST).
“If a house has a large yard, it can use its own biopore per house. Just use a bucket as the container. Because if we calculate, food waste accumulates a lot from small amounts, and that’s what smells the most,” Hendrik said.
According to him, the waste processing concept prioritises resolution directly at the source so that it does not need to be transported to TPST Bantargebang.
For implementation, he outlined that large biopores will be distributed per neighbourhood unit (RT) with a tank capacity of 30 to 80 litres, while modern composting units will be built at several strategic points.
Furthermore, they plan to utilise old absorption wells that are no longer in use to convert them into modern composting units.
“It can be done. The important thing is no flooding. We raise it, done. So water won’t enter anymore,” Hendrik stated.
Pemkot Jaksel targets a gradual waste reduction of up to 50% by August 2026 and a complete halt to sending waste to Bantargebang starting 1 January 2027.
In addition to households, business premises such as hotels, restaurants, and cafes will also be required to process waste independently using modern composting units.