JAKARTA - Waste management activities at the Burangkeng Landfill, Setu District, Bekasi Regency, West Java, are paralyzed, following the fuel crisis which caused dozens of heavy equipment tasked with arranging the garbage pile to be unable to operate.
This condition has a direct impact on waste distribution, marked by dozens of transport trucks that are forced to queue along the access road to the landfill parking area. The fleets are held with full loads because they are unable to reach the disposal point.
"This situation has only happened this time, the reason is because operators have difficulty getting industrial fuel supplies," said Head of the Burangkeng Landfill UPTD at the Bekasi Regency Environment Service, Samsuro, as reported by ANTARA, Saturday, April 25.
He admitted that in normal conditions, orders for industrial fuel oil (BBM) for heavy equipment operations were immediately sent as soon as the request was received. However, there is currently a delay in distribution.
"Usually the message is sent directly. Now it's getting difficult. He said because the industrial fuel is rising again. Second because the delivery is a bit difficult to get, he said. Yesterday's message was sent for days. Now it's not even. It's hard to get," he said.
Samsuro explained that the Burangkeng landfill has 22 units of heavy equipment, each of which consumes around 150 liters per day with a total requirement of 3,000 liters each day.
All heavy equipment from the third-party rental scheme has now stopped sorting waste even though the provision of fuel is included in the cooperation package. The surge in fossil energy prices due to global geopolitical conditions is suspected to be the trigger for scarcity.
"That's it now, the goods are gone. He said this was the impact of the war between Iran and Israel," he said.
He stated that the third party as the operator of heavy equipment had also requested a change in the work contract due to the increase in the price of industrial fuel which was considered unreasonable from Rp15,000-Rp16,000 per liter to Rp35,000.
"It has been there since last week, a request for price adjustment. The rental price is adjusted again because of the high price of fuel," he said.
Although the direct impact on the community environment has not been seen significantly, the threat of disruption of waste transportation services lurks in the next few days if the fuel supply is not immediately normal.
"Because the condition of these garbage trucks is still stuck in the landfill and can't go back to their respective duty areas. And this is what we are worried about, about the service. Hopefully there will be soon," he said.
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