Tackling Waste at the Source: Badung Regency Deploys OPD to Villages
The Badung Regency Government has mobilised all regional organisations (OPD) to conduct data collection, socialisation, and strict supervision regarding the Source-Based Waste Management Acceleration Action in villages, starting Sunday, 8 March 2026. This step obliges waste management to be completed from households to business units before entering onward processing facilities.
This effort is in line with the policy of the Ministry of Environment (LH) which does not allow organic waste to be taken to the Suwung Final Waste Processing Facility (TPA), Denpasar, as of 1 April 2026. Consequently, the Badung Regency Government is using the remaining time to consolidate and socialise to ensure that sorting really operates across the entire community.
Acting Head of the Badung Environmental and Sanitation Service (DLHK), Made Rai Warastuthi, emphasised that the core of the programme is early sorting and processing from the source.
“Source-Based Waste Management is a system of management that starts from the site of waste generation through sorting, processing, and reduction of waste before it is transported to onward processing facilities,” he said.
The targets of this action cover all strata, from households, business units, communities, educational institutions, traditional markets, to public facilities across all villages and urban villages in Badung.
Not merely a call, the Badung Regency Government is also conducting massive data collection on independently managed waste processing facilities owned by residents, such as modern composters, compost bins, and the like. Rai explained that the daily volume of waste managed independently is now monitored via a digital system.
“All data are gathered through the Asper PSBS system, which can be accessed via the PSBS Badungkab website to ensure data availability and accuracy,” he added.
Badung Regency divides the mentoring areas, which are directly supervised by expert staff and the deputy regional secretary (Sekda) assistants to ensure the programme continues. Each OPD is assigned to oversee and be deployed in every sub-district (kecamatan).
Earlier, Badung Regent I Wayan Adi Arnawa reminded that the Suwung TPA in Denpasar will be limited to receiving only residual waste from 1 April 2026 and will be officially closed completely on 1 August 2026. The policy requires all villages and urban communities in Badung to immediately shift waste processing focus entirely from the upstream or household level.
“The implementation of source-based waste sorting must be conducted at every household. I am confident Badung can implement upstream waste sorting. The synergy between the Badung Regency Government and our village apparatus is hoped to remain intact,” Adi Arnawa said during a waste management coordination meeting with village, urban village, and customary village officials at the Badung Puspem (Government Centre) on Friday, 6 March 2026.
This firmness is to peak on 1 August when all access for disposing of organic waste and residues will be sealed off. Arnawa warned that enforcement action has entered the presecution realm for those breaching waste processing regulations. “That means if violations occur, there is a possibility that the matter will be escalated to the legal arena,” he said.