TPA Burangkeng Returns to Normal After Temporary Paralysis and Long Queues, This Turns Out to Be the Culprit

The Bekasi Regency government in West Java has confirmed that operations at the Burangkeng Final Disposal Site (TPA) in Setu sub-district have returned to normal after experiencing disruptions over the past few days. This recovery was achieved through swift actions involving all relevant stakeholders. Head of the Bekasi Regency Environmental Agency, Syafri Donny Sirait, stated that the local government immediately held marathon meetings to find solutions to the halt in waste processing and transportation operations. “Yesterday, together with regional leaders, we took swift steps through marathon meetings to find the best solution so that operations could resume,” Donny said in Cikarang on Sunday. He explained that the operational disruption occurred due to the increase in industrial diesel fuel prices, which directly impacted the operational costs of the third party responsible for managing heavy equipment at the TPA. This condition, outside the scope of the cooperation contract calculations, led the third party to temporarily stop operations of dozens of heavy machines. As a result, long queues of waste transport trucks from various areas in Bekasi Regency occurred. However, following intensive discussions between the local government and the managers, waste processing operations have reopened through a technical adjustment scheme. “There is an adjustment in the number of operating heavy machines from the previous 22 units to 18 units to match the available budget,” he said. This adjustment was made as an efficiency measure without reducing the quality of service to the public. Currently, activities at TPA Burangkeng have returned to normal. “Now it’s normal, there are no queues, and the fleet is moving again. That is our main focus at the moment,” he stated.