DLHK Denpasar: After Galungan Day, Garbage Increases By 30 Percent

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JAKARTA - The Department of Environment and Hygiene (DLHK) Denpasar City, Bali released, after the Galungan Holy Day celebration there was an increase in the volume of waste by 20-30 percent compared to normal days which averaged 800-950 tons per day.

"Currently, the volume of waste in Denpasar City ranges between 800-950 tons per day, after the Galungan Holy Day it increases by 20-30 percent", said Head of Denpasar City Environment and Forestry Service, Ida Bagus Putra Wirabawa, in Denpasar, Friday, November 12, quoted from Antara.

DLHK Denpasar City every time welcoming religious holidays is always on standby for waste management because the volume of waste tends to increase.

"We are still on standby to ensure the cleanliness of Denpasar City so that the atmosphere remains clean and beautiful", said Putra Wirawibawa accompanied by the Head of Waste and Hazardous Waste, I Ketut Adi Wiguna.

He said the anticipation of handling the surge in waste was carried out by intensifying all personnel. There are 13 TPS and 1,420 cleaning staff on duty with 40 trucks assisted by "mochi" in each sub-district and village and sub-district.

"Although this Galungan Holy Day, the volume of waste has increased, we are still synergizing with all elements to villages and sub-districts to handle waste for religious holidays, namely Galungan and Kuningan", he said.

On the occasion, he emphasized that the surge in waste was dominated by organic materials, such as the waste from ceremonies from a series of leaves.

He appealed to the public to take part in reducing the amount of waste during religious holidays.

This, he said, can be done by sorting organic and inorganic waste before being disposed of, to provide convenience in further handling, such as processing organic waste into compost at TPS3R (Waste treatment technology).

"We invite the community to take part in maintaining cleanliness by sorting waste and disposing of garbage according to the hours determined by the waste self-management so that garbage does not accumulate on the roadside, and this collaboration is very important towards a clean and beautiful Denpasar City", he said.