Overflowing Garbage Disposal In Yogyakarta Sprayed With Disinfectant Cairan

A temporary garbage dump that overflows in Yogyakarta City, Wednesday 11 May. (ANTARA/Eka AR)

YOGYAKARTA - Disinfectant is sprayed on the temporary garbage dumps or depots in Yogyakarta City. The efforts of the Yogyakarta City Government are to prevent pollution and eliminate the potential for disease transmission.

"The temporary handling for now is of course optimizing temporary disposal sites (TPS) and waste depots. In addition, spraying of disinfectants is also carried out," said Yogyakarta Deputy Mayor Heroe Poerwadi in Yogyakarta, Wednesday 11 May.

TPS and garbage depots in Yogyakarta City are no longer able to accommodate the waste generated by residents following the closure of the Piyungan Final Disposal Site (TPA) by residents around the waste disposal site since last weekend.

Waste sorting is also carried out at TPS and waste depots. "Waste that if it can be stored longer will be grouped separately. Likewise, waste that can easily rot," he added.

According to Heroe, currently there are several small-scale waste processing points in the city of Yogyakarta which continue to be optimized to help break down piles of waste at TPS and depots.

As for the long-term handling, Heroe said that the City of Yogyakarta is considering purchasing land to be used as a waste processing location.

"Hopefully, in 2023 there will be land that can be realized and then followed up with the addition of infrastructure such as waste processing machines," he said, as reported by Antara.

The location of the waste processing is possible outside the city of Yogyakarta because it is no longer possible to procure sufficient land in the city of Yogyakarta.

"Land procurement is adjusted to the spatial and regional planning (RTRW) in the area," he said.

However, he continued, around 440 waste banks and a number of waste processing points would not be able to accommodate the 350 tons of waste that the city of Yogyakarta produces every day.

In addition to TPS and depots, spraying of waste piles with disinfectant liquid is also carried out for waste produced by traditional markets in Yogyakarta City. "Hopefully the Piyungan landfill can be reopened soon so that there are no piles and overflowing of garbage in the market," he said.

He said that the waste produced by traditional markets is dominated by organic waste which spoils easily, so it must be immediately disposed of at the Piyungan TPA.

"This condition is a serious problem, there is a waste emergency. In addition to spraying disinfectants, we also always urge traders and consumers to reduce waste disposal. Consumers are also asked to bring their own shopping bags," he said.