West Jakarta City Government Urges Residents To Sort Organic And Inorganic Waste Before Being Transported By Officers

Officers sorting organic and inorganic waste/ Photo; Between

JAKARTA - The West Jakarta City Government (Pemkot Jakbar) reminded residents of the importance of sorting out waste, especially organic and inorganic waste from households.

"We remind again to sort household waste. Elections are very important because they are related to the next waste processing process," said Acting Head of the Section for Supervision and Control of Environmental Impacts and Hygiene of the West Jakarta Environmental Agency, Enrile Indro Prasetyo, when contacted in Jakarta, Quoted from Antara, Wednesday, March 2.

He explained that the residents' lack of awareness could be seen from the findings of officers in the field who found a lot of organic and inorganic waste mixed in one container.

This, he said, actually made it difficult for officers because they had to sort out the garbage in the bins manually.

If the waste has been selected from the household, the officers can easily transport the waste to the garbage disposal site per community unit (RW).

There, other Service Providers Personnel (PJLP) of the Life Circle Sub-dept. will direct residents to choose which waste is suitable for reprocessing.

"If you want to be directed to put it in a waste bank, you can do it. After all, there will be economic value," said Enrile.

Enrile also took as an example the activity of utilizing organic waste into compost in Joglo Village, Kembangan District, West Jakarta.

Residents in the Joglo area were finally able to take advantage of the waste because from the start they had made a selection at home.

If the habit is applied to all households, he is sure that 50 percent of the waste in the West Jakarta area can be reused as useful goods.

"So we can reduce the waste sent to the Bantar Gebang landfill because we know the conditions there are already 'overloaded'," he explained.