National Waste Awareness Day, Anies Asks Citizens To Use Residues

Illustration of residents cleaning garbage at the Ciliwung sluice gate (Photo: Via ANTARA)

JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan invites his citizens to manage waste on the commemoration of the National Waste Care Day (HPSN) today.

Anies admitted that not everyone has the awareness to manage waste. In fact, garbage is generated by everyone. He calculated that the average amount of waste produced per person per day was 0.7 kilograms.

"On National Waste Care Day, I invite all of us that it is each of us who produces waste but only some people manage the waste. Therefore, those who manage are certainly aware of the volume, aware of the problem, but those who produce are not necessarily aware," Anies told reporters. , Monday, February 21.

Anies also asked the community to reduce the waste they produce. People need to sort out recyclable waste. Meanwhile, residual waste that cannot be recycled can be used.

"Let's take advantage of the residue so that it doesn't become trash and let's sort it out, so that it helps in management," said Anies.

On that occasion, Anies asked everyone to ensure and remind their surroundings, both at households and restaurants, to manage and reduce the waste that is disposed of to the landfill.

"Every household pays attention to whether it has been sorted or not, whether it has been reduced or not. Then the industry is like that," said Anies.

"Especially in Jakarta, there are a lot of culinary industries. Make sure that the residue is managed properly, so that it can make our city of Jakarta a comfortable city and the waste can be managed properly," he continued.

It is known that the DKI Environmental Agency recorded the volume of waste generated by Jakarta reached 7,424 tons per day and was sent to the Bantar Gebang Integrated Waste Processing Site (TPST), Bekasi.

The waste from Jakarta is dominated by food waste with a contribution of 53 percent, plastic 9 percent, residue 8 percent, paper 7 percent, and others 23 percent. Meanwhile, the capacity of the Bantar Gebang TPST remains around 10 million tons out of a total capacity of 49 million tons.