West Jakarta City Government Reduces Waste Volume Through Source Separation
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The West Jakarta City Government (Pemkot Jakbar) continues to reduce waste volume through the implementation of separation and management of waste at the source in the community.
“So if we have successfully reduced waste at the source, automatically, as I mentioned earlier, if we achieve 70 percent separation and management, then only 30 percent will be transported,” said West Jakarta Mayor Iin Mutmainnah to reporters during a waste separation raid workshop at Tambora Flats on Wednesday.
According to her, public awareness is needed to separate waste. However, her side continues to intensify socialisation in every area regarding waste separation, especially in the smallest environments, namely households, up to large communities like Tambora Flats.
“Indeed, yesterday there were some issues where the waste discarded by residents here became our concern. This became a pile of waste that posed a problem,” said Iin.
Nevertheless, Iin assured that the waste volume in the area has now decreased after her side formed a team.
“We just need to focus on forming a team together with the community for synergistic cooperation, starting from waste reduction, waste separation, and waste management,” she said.
“So what we are doing today is an effort to mitigate waste accumulation and the transportation of waste or the volume of waste transported to the Bantar Gebang Integrated Waste Processing Site (TPST),” she added.
It is known that West Jakarta is subject to a quota restriction on waste disposal to the Bantar Gebang Integrated Waste Processing Site (TPST), from 308 trucks to 190 trucks per day.
This condition has prompted the local city government to intensify waste separation efforts as one alternative to reduce residue or the volume of waste disposed of at Bantar Gebang.
Previously, the West Jakarta Environmental Office (Sudin LH) was endeavouring to provide sacks with a capacity of two to three cubic metres to address waste problems at Tambora Flats.
Head of Sudin LH West Jakarta, Achmad Hariadi, said that the sacks would be used according to the types of waste produced by residents.
“We are trying to provide large bags or sacks to accommodate organic waste such as leaves or plant twigs, in addition to SOD (kitchen organic waste),” said Hariadi when contacted by ANTARA in Jakarta on Tuesday (7/4).