Garbage In Solo Spikes During Ramadan, The Reason Is That People Prefer To Buy Food Than Cook

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JAKARTA - The Surakarta City Environment Agency (DLH) said that people's lifestyles affect the increase in the volume of waste in Solo, especially during the month of Ramadan.

"When Ramadan there is an increase in volume due to people's lifestyles, many prefer to buy food than cook themselves," said Head of the Waste Management, Waste and Hazardous Toxic Materials (PSLB3) of Surakarta City DLH Arthaty Mulatsih in Solo, Wednesday, May 11. .

His party noted that during one month there was an increase in the volume of waste by around 11 percent per day, from a normal daily average of 300 tons/day to 333 tons/day during the month of Ramadan.

He said of the total, the majority of the waste produced was household waste.

However, during Lebaran there was a decrease in the volume of waste. He said that on H1 to D+2 of Lebaran, the average volume of incoming waste was only 176 tons/day. Related to this, he said, there are several reasons, one of which is the municipal garbage officer is on holiday during Lebaran and many food stalls are closed on the D day of Eid.

"People eat more at home, in contrast to Ramadan, where there is an increase because people's lifestyles prefer to buy food than cook," he said.

In fact, during Lebaran there was a decrease in the traffic of the waste fleet to Putri Cempo TPA, which is usually more than 300 times/day, but during Lebaran it drops to less than 100 times/day.

Meanwhile, he appealed to the public to be wise in managing waste.

"Managing at least by collecting, cleaning the surrounding area so that the transportation is also faster, because if we calculate the ratio, we still lack officers," he said.