Bandung Hopes To Dispose Of Garbage At Subang TPAS, Regional Secretary: We Give Compensation

Illustration of the queue for DKI Jakarta garbage trucks to unload cargo at the Bantar Gebang TPST, in Bekasi, West Java, in October 2018.

The Bandung City Government (Pemkot) hopes to take advantage of the Cibeureum Final Disposal Site (TPAS) in Subang Regency to accommodate Bandung City waste. A number of compensations are prepared.

"We will continue to strive with various consequences by providing compensation and so on. God willing, we are quite capable, the important thing is that they (the Sumedang Regency Government) can understand, after all, we are one West Java region," said Bandung City Regional Secretary Ema Sumarna in Bandung, Monday, November 13, quoted by Antara.

According to Ema, currently the Sumedang Regency Government is still discussing the policy on licensing for sending garbage from Bandung City to Cibeureum TPAS.

"I was the one who visited the field directly, Mr. Acting Regent Sumedang was still going to try," he said.

He added that the city government has also prepared a budget to support various needs, such as improving the facilities and infrastructure at the TPAS.

"Then also, for example, support for assistance because there are still a few remaining fires that yesterday still emit smoke, yes, we are also ready to help," he said.

Regarding the refusal of the surrounding community to this discourse, Ema said that his party was still waiting for an official decision from the Sumedang Regency Government regarding the certainty of the use of the Cibeureum TPAS.

"We are trying, it's the voice of the people there. So I didn't first conclude that it was rejected, we will continue to try with various consequences," said Ema.

He hopes that the TPAS can be used by the city of Bandung as an alternative solution for waste shelters as long as the Sarimukti TPA is not yet normal.

"We want to dispose of garbage as soon as possible, now 22 waste disposal sites (TPS) are still overloaded, meaning around 32,000 tons of garbage that we have to throw away," he said.