JAKARTA - Minister of Environment (LH) Hanif Faisol Nurofiq reminded the landslide of garbage at the Bantargebang Integrated Waste Processing Site (TPST) to be a loud alarm for the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government to stop managing garbage with the open dumping method.
"This incident should not have happened if the management was carried out according to the rules. TPST Bantargebang must be a lesson for all of us to immediately improve, for the safety of human life and environmental sustainability," said Minister of LH / Head of the Environment Control Agency (BPLH) Hanif Faisol Nurofiq in his statement, Monday, March 9.
He said the garbage landslide on Sunday, March 8, which caused four people to die, was proof of the systemic failure of waste management in Jakarta, which should no longer be tolerated.
The deadly tragedy, he said, was a loud alarm for the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government to immediately stop waste management with the open dumping method which continues to threaten the lives of residents and officers.
Now, KLH/BPLH has started a thorough investigation and strict enforcement of the law to ensure that the capital's long-standing waste problem does not again take human lives.
Minister Hanif stated that Bantargebang is a "tipping point" for the failure of Jakarta's waste management, which now holds a critical load of 80 million tons of waste for 37 years.
The use of the open dumping method at the location was considered to violate Law Number 18 of 2008 because the existing system was no longer able to reduce the risk of security for residents.
Conditions that do not comply with the provisions of the regulation not only threaten human life due to the potential for subsequent landslides, but also become a massive source of environmental pollution.
The dark history of TPST Bantargebang records a series of deadly tragedies ranging from the settlement landslide in 2003 to the collapse of Zone 3 in 2006 which claimed lives and buried dozens of scavengers.
This pattern of systemic failure continued until January 2026 when the runway collapsed dragging three garbage trucks to the riverbed, which was followed by the collapse of the garbage pile again in March 2026. The series of repeated incidents proved the risk of fatal overloading at the Bantargebang TPST.
Considering that the incident has occurred repeatedly and poses a risk to life, Minister Hanif stated that those responsible will be dealt with according to Law Number 32 of 2009 concerning Environmental Protection and Management. There is a criminal threat ranging from 5-10 years and a fine of Rp. 5-10 billion for those who are negligent and cause death.
KLH/BPLH previously had given a warning regarding the condition of waste management in the Bantargebang STP which was considered to have a high level of risk.
Through the Deputy for Law Enforcement (Gakkum) of the Environment on March 2, 2026, a Notice of Commencement of Investigation (SPDP) was issued for a number of waste management locations that were considered risky, including the Bantargebang TPST.
Previously, the DKI Jakarta National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) revealed the latest data on the number of fatalities due to a garbage landslide in the Bantargebang landfill was four people.
Based on data on Sunday at 22.00 WIB, the four victims were the owners of the warung Enda Widayanti and Sumine and two garbage truck drivers named Dedi Sutrisno and Irwan Suprihatin.
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