LHK Service Claims That The 2023 Mandalika MotoGP Waste Residu Event Has Decreased

Acting Department of LHK Central Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara Province, Amir Ali (ANTARA/Akhyar Rosidi)

LOMBOK - The Environment and Forestry Service (LHK) of Central Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Province stated that the residual waste for the MotoGP event at the Mandalika Circuit 2023 decreased when compared to 2022 which reached 20 tons. "The waste residue for the 2023 Mandalika MotoGP event fell to 16 thousand tons. That was wasted at the final disposal site (TPA)," said Acting Head of the Central LHK Department of Central Lombok Regency Amir Ali in Praya, Antara, Monday, October 16. Based on temporary data, the amount of waste for the Mandalika MotoGP event until the final track reaches 25 tons, both organic and nonorganic waste. However, the overall waste production at the MotoGP event is still uncertain, because currently elections are still being held. "Temporary data is only 25 tons of garbage," he said. Waste management at the 2023 Mandalika MotoGP event continues to increase when compared to the WSBK event, MotoGP 2023. This means that the waste produced is not wasted on the TPA, but is sorted for recycling in the waste bank. "The garbage that was thrown into the TPA cannot be recycled," he said. Previously, the Department of Environment and Forestry (LHK) of Central Lombok Regency stated that it was ready to support the handling of waste at the MotoGP event at the Mandalika Circuit on October 13-15, 2023. "We have prepared three trucks of garbage for transportation to the TPA," said Amir Ali. He said the handling of waste in the Mandalika Circuit area had been handled by a third party, so that the garbage that was thrown into the TPA was already in a state of sorted state. Meanwhile, waste that has economic value will be taken to a waste bank and unprocessable waste is thrown into the TPA. "We from the service only support transportation. For sorting, there are already human resources from the MGPA," he said.

He said the amount of waste in the 2022 Mandalika MotoGP event reached 60 tons, both plastic waste and organic waste. Thus, the amount of waste in the 2023 Mandalika MotoGP event is expected to increase, because the number of spectator targets reaches 80 thousand or increases when compared to the previous year.