West Jakarta Government Focuses on Residential Waste Management

The West Jakarta City Government (Pemkot Jakbar) is focusing on handling organic waste in residential areas as a follow-up to DKI Jakarta Gubernatorial Instruction Number 5 of 2026 concerning the Waste Sorting and Processing Movement from the Source. “The focus is on residential areas because the management is carried out in stages from the city, sub-district, and ward levels down to the community unit (RW),” said West Jakarta Mayor Iin Mutmainnah on Wednesday. According to her, residential areas are the main priority, following the target of handling organic waste from its source. “Organic waste must be dealt with at the source because if it accumulates, it will cause odour and various problems. Processing through composters, compost houses, or modern teba must be carried out in the smallest scope. If this is not possible, the waste can be transported to a temporary disposal site (TPS) to be processed into compost, so it does not need to be taken to the final disposal site (TPA),” she explained. Iin stressed that the success of the programme depends on changes in community behaviour through the habit of sorting waste. Therefore, all government offices in West Jakarta are required to set an example in implementing waste sorting and processing. “I ask all government offices, from the Mayor’s Office to sub-district and ward offices, to carry out waste sorting and processing. This is a behavioural change that we must continue to implement by setting a good example,” she asserted. It is known that West Jakarta is still facing high levels of waste generation, amounting to approximately 807,966 tonnes per year. Of this amount, only around 26 percent, or 212,450 tonnes, is recycled annually. The accumulation of waste at several points in West Jakarta is partly due to the restriction of the quota for transporting waste to the Bantar Gebang Integrated Waste Treatment Site (TPST), the largest in Southeast Asia, from 308 trucks to 190 trucks per day. This restriction was a consequence of a landslide incident on 8 March at the TPST. This condition has hampered waste transportation from several temporary disposal sites in the West Jakarta area, while community waste production has not decreased, making accumulation unavoidable.