Tangerang waste really stinks

Tangerang waste really stinks

JAKARTA (JP): The stench of piled-up garbage at the Malabar
market on Jl. Karet Raya in Tangerang, West Java, has forced
public transportation drivers to avoid the road.

"Many passengers protest if we pass the road because of the
bad smell," a minivan driver was quoted by Antara as saying on
Friday.

The mound of uncollected garbage blocked part of the road.
Worse, it really stunk. In the past two days, the smell became so
unbearable that the drivers had to take another route.

Tangerang mayor Moch. Thamrin commented that the uncollected
garbage in the town was due to the lack of trucks and personnel.
He said there were 70 trucks, but only 50 of them were in a good
enough condition to be operated. He said that 200 trucks are
needed to transport all of the garbage.

A total of 2,102 cubic meters of garbage is transported daily
from various parts of the town to the garbage dump sites in Rawa
Kucing, Neglasari and Mauk. (sim)