PONTIANAK - The Pontianak City Government mobilized as many as 750 cleaners to deal with the increase in waste before and after Idul Fitri 1443 Hijriah.
"The increase in the volume of waste has occurred since D-4 Eid al-Fitr, which reached 50 percent," said Head of the Pontianak City Environmental Service, Saptico in Pontianak, Antara, Thursday, May 5.
He explained, as predicted, the volume of waste in Pontianak City experienced a spike on Eid. "The increase is dominated by household waste, which reaches up to 50 percent from a normal day. This can be seen from D-4 until the third day of Eid," he said.
From his side's observation, until today, the volume of waste entering the Batu Layang Final Disposal Site (TPA) has not yet decreased, mainly household waste.
He added, to cope with the increasing volume of waste, 750 janitors were deployed to clean and transport waste to the Batu Layang TPA, which is spread over six sub-districts.
"We have deployed 750 cleaners so that the existing waste does not accumulate in the existing Temporary Disposal Sites (TPS)," he said.
Saptiko added that the garbage collection time by officers was carried out starting at 18.00 WIB until the morning. Therefore, he appealed to the public to dispose of waste according to a predetermined schedule.
"That is, starting at 18.00 WIB until 06.00 WIB," he said.
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