Garbage Mounts at Kramat Jati Central Market, Jaya Market, Kebut Transportation

JAKARTA - Perumda Pasar Jaya has accelerated the handling of the accumulation of garbage at the Kramat Jati Central Market, East Jakarta, which has gone viral on social media in recent days.

The handling was carried out to ensure that trading activities continued to run and did not interfere with traders and market visitors. The volume of waste that accumulated was said to reach around 6,970 tons or equivalent to around 410 tronton trucks.

Perumda Pasar Jaya Public Relations Manager, Topik Hidayatulloh, said his party continued to accelerate the transportation process by involving a number of related parties.

"We continue to coordinate intensively with related agencies to ensure that all piles of garbage can be immediately fully covered," Topik told reporters, Sunday, March 29.

This waste accumulation has occurred since March 9, 2026, triggered by technical constraints in providing transportation fleets. This condition makes the distribution of waste from the market stagnate until it eventually accumulates in large quantities.

Perumda Pasar Jaya then coordinated with the DKI Jakarta Environmental Service (DLH) to accelerate field handling. In the last two days, the transportation process has begun to show progress.

A total of 33 tronton trucks have been deployed to transport garbage, with 20 fleets the day before and 13 fleets today. The cleaning effort is said to continue until conditions return to normal.

In addition to transportation, field officers also carry out enforcement and sorting of garbage to regulate the disposal process. This step is taken so that the handling is not only temporary, but also prevents a build-up.

On the other hand, Perumda Pasar Jaya is preparing further steps to strengthen the waste management system. In the near future, the company will add five units of self-propelled garbage trucks with a capacity of 16 cubic meters per unit which are targeted to start operating by the end of April 2026.

Cooperation with third parties will also be optimized to support the distribution and transportation of waste from the market area.

For the long term, Pasar Jaya has begun to prepare for the implementation of waste processing technology, such as thermal hydrolysis and the MASARO system (Zero Waste Management), which is designed to process waste directly from its source.

"These steps are expected not only to solve existing problems, but also to build a better waste management system," concluded Topik.