DKI Provincial Government Aims For North Jakarta Region As An Example Of Urban Waste Management

JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government is targeting the North Jakarta area to be an example of good urban waste management in Indonesia.

"Jakarta is given a mandate from the Ministry of Environment so that it can carry out this strategic plan. We ensure that the entire system can run effectively and sustainably," said Head of the DKI Jakarta Environmental Agency (DLH) Asep Kuswanto in Jakarta, quoted by Antara, Saturday, February 8.

Asep said the City of North Jakarta was appointed as the location for the national pilot.

He explained that the readiness of North Jakarta as a pilot was shown by various programs that had been prepared to support more integrated waste management.

Among other things, is a program to support an integrated waste management system down to the level of the community unit (RW).

"We want to invite the public to play an active role in waste management through the 'KuPiLah' program or reduce-Pillah-Olah," he explained.

The hope is that each RW can have an independent waste management system that contributes to reducing household waste before reaching temporary shelters (TPS).

In addition, optimizing waste banks is also part of a strategy in strengthening the circular economic concept.

Then, DKI Jakarta Province DLH also developed an Integrated Organic Waste Management program with the Free Nutrition Food (MBG) program in North Jakarta.

This program will connect organic waste processing with the use of the results for food needs, such as manggot cultivation, the results of which can be used as animal and fish feed.

Asep emphasized that this program does not only rely on one sector, but involves various elements of society and the business world.

"We apply the upstream, middle and downstream approaches through cross-sectoral cooperation so that the effectiveness of waste management will increase," he said.

With this strategy, North Jakarta is expected to be able to become a model for other regions in dealing with waste problems more systematically and innovatively.

Asep continued, the waste processing facility into fuel (refused derivative fuel / RDF) Plant Jakarta, located in Rorotan, North Jakarta, is also ready to operate and will be inaugurated in the near future by the elected governor.

Later, this facility will be a downstream solution in waste management by processing waste into alternative fuels.

"This is one solution to reduce the volume of waste that ends at the TPA. With the Jakarta RDF Plant being the largest in the world, we can reduce waste shipments to Bantargebang," he said.

The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has also prepared a more comprehensive road map for waste management.

This roadmap will take effect from this year and is designed to create a more efficient and collaborative reduction system and waste management. The hope is that this policy can become the basis for all programs implemented.

The pilot program will also be implemented in the hotel, restaurant and cafe (Horeka) sector. This program emphasizes the obligation to sort waste and levies for business actors so that waste management is more controlled.

With a business to business scheme, waste management in this sector is expected to be a reference for other regions in Indonesia.

Cross-sector collaborations are carried out with representatives of the Association of Indonesian Waste Banks (ASOBSI), the Indonesian Packaging Recovery Organization (IPRO), the Indonesian Plastic Recycling Association (ADUPI), the Village Consultative Body (BPD) of the Indonesian Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) DKI Jakarta, the Indonesian Shopping Center Management Association (APPBI), and leggot activists.

Meanwhile, data compiled by ANTARA states that the amount of waste in Jakarta reaches 7,500 tons per day.

The waste produced in Jakarta comes from various sources, namely: residential areas, contributing 60 percent of total waste and the remaining 29 percent of the business and industrial world.

However, data from the National Waste Management Information System (SIPSN) of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), stated that DKI Jakarta generated 11.25 million tons of waste during the 2019-2022 period.

Throughout 2022, DKI Jakarta produces 3.11 million tons of waste, the fourth most in Indonesia. The volume of waste generation has slightly increased by 0.97 percent compared to 2021, but has become the highest level in the last four years.

East Jakarta dominated during that period with 3.33 million tons or the equivalent of 29.6 percent of the total volume of waste generation in DKI Jakarta.

Next, South Jakarta ranks second as much as 2.81 million tons, then West Jakarta as much as 2.18 million tons, North Jakarta as much as 1.96 million tons and Central Jakarta as much as 927.89 thousand tons.

Meanwhile, the Thousand Islands is only 25.49 thousand tons.

So, there are an average of around 30.84 thousand tons of daily waste generated in DKI Jakarta throughout 2019-2022.