Waste Sorting Programme in West Jakarta Hindered by Lack of Transport Equipment, Workers Request Special Carts
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government’s policy requiring residents to sort waste from home is still hindered by the lack of transport infrastructure in the field.
Sanitation workers are requesting dedicated waste sorting carts to ensure that residents’ efforts in sorting waste are not wasted by being mixed again during the transport process.
Ridho (26), one of the RW-level waste collectors in Tanjung Duren Selatan Village, Grogol Petamburan, West Jakarta, believes that a cart separation system is the key to implementing the sorting regulation.
“If it’s about carts, the main issue is the system; we could use separate carts. For example, a dedicated cart for household (organic) waste, and then for sorted waste, it’s fine to mix plastic, bottles, cardboard, paper—all okay, but separated,” said Ridho (27) when met by Kompas.com in Grogol Petamburan on Wednesday (13/5/2026).
According to him, the waste processing at the disposal site would be easier if the transport is separated from the start.
Workers would no longer need to bother separating piled-up waste manually.
“Then, the important thing is that separating it would be easier than having all the residents’ waste mixed together, because the most troublesome part is actually the kitchen waste,” Ridho explained.
A similar demand was voiced by Ardi (35), a Public Facilities and Infrastructure Handling (PPSU) worker in Grogol Petamburan.
He hopes for alignment between community programmes and workers to successfully implement the new policy.
He assesses that the initial step needed is to provide dedicated waste bins in residential areas so residents can separate waste from home.
In addition, according to him, procuring dedicated carts is also necessary so that workers can transport waste according to residents’ sorting results.
“If for the TPS itself, if needed, provide carts for sorting, like that. It would make it easier for the RW waste collectors to separate,” he added.
Besides bins and dedicated carts, he also requests a reorganisation of the TPS area to avoid chaos when workers sort the loads.