Waste Sorting Campaign from Home Encourages Community Environmental Awareness

The Parade of the “Pilah Sampah dari Rumah” Campaign serves as a symbol of the start of a collective movement to build better waste management habits. Jakarta (ANTARA) - The public “Pilah Sampah dari Rumah” campaign, organised by the PHINLA (Philippines, Indonesia, Sri Lanka) programme, is encouraging the public to be more environmentally conscious by educating tens of thousands of people on building the habit of sorting waste at the household level. The campaign was held at 20 points along car-free areas during the Car Free Day (CFD) in Central Jakarta, involving more than 200 educators and volunteers, with various interactive activities providing information on processing organic waste through maggots, plastic recycling, and the role of waste banks in community-based waste management systems. “Waste management cannot rely solely on downstream systems. Change must start upstream, from households and daily habits of the community, and is inseparable from the government’s role in waste management services,” said Managing Director of Divers Clean Action (DCA), the campaign organiser, Amrullah Rosadi, in his statement in Jakarta on Wednesday. The PHINLA programme is a collaboration between DCA and Wahana Visi Indonesia (WVI) with support from the German Government through the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), aimed at improving community welfare through monitored waste management. “This situation complicates the collection, transportation, processing, and reduces the potential for reusing materials that still have value. The Parade of the”Pilah Sampah dari Rumah” Campaign becomes a symbol of the start of a collective movement to build better waste management habits,” said Amrullah. Meanwhile, Zonal Programme Manager Sambawa WVI, Johny Noya, stated that in the Jakarta and surrounding areas, household waste sorting is already stipulated in the Jakarta Governor’s Regulation No. 77 of 2020. “As citizens, we should play an active role in realising a better environment for our children as the heirs of the future,” said Johny.