The DKI Provincial Government Wants Jokowi To Formalize The Batargebang RDF Plant Built Since Anies Era

RDF Plant in Bantargebang, Bekasi, West Java/DOK VOI-Diah Ayu

Head of the DKI Jakarta Environmental Agency Asep Kuswanto said the DKI Provincial Government wants President Joko Widodo to inaugurate the Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) Plant and lanfdil mining at the Bantargebang Integrated Waste Disposal Site (TPST), Bekasi, West Java.

This waste processing facility into coal equivalent fuel owned by the DKI Provincial Government has begun construction work through ground breaking by former DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan in February 2022.

"We want the inauguration of the RDF Plant with the President," said Asep at DKI Jakarta City Hall, Monday, February 13.

However, Asep could not confirm whether Jokowi could inaugurate the RDF Plant or not. "I don't know (the certainty of Jokowi's inauguration). The important thing is that we finish all the process first," he continued.

Currently, the construction of the RDF Plant is still in process. Asep said that the progress of the work was in commissioning or testing the comprehensive waste processing plant into coal equivalent fuel. The commissioning stage has been carried out since early January.

"Hopefully starting on February 18 tomorrow after the commissioning and we can start operating commercial<," said Asep.

The RDF Plant in Bantargebang can process 2,000 tons of waste in one day, namely 1,000 tons that have accumulated in Bantargebang, and 1,000 tons of new waste coming from Jakarta. The 2,000 tons of processed waste will be able to produce around 700-750 tons of fuel.

Pemprov DKI akan melakukan kerja sama dengan dua perusahaan sebagai opsteker atau pihak yang membeli hasil RDF Plant Bantargebeng, yakni PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa dan PT Solusi Bangun Indonesia (SBI).

Last month, Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono reviewed the RDF Plant construction project in Bantargebang. Heru's review of the RDF Plant was carried out after receiving President Joko Widodo's deposits on the problem of processing Jakarta waste that had not been running optimally in recent years.

After traveling around and receiving an explanation from his staff regarding the RDF Plant, Heru gave a note that must be improved in the operation of a waste processing facility whose construction has started since the Anies era.

"Regarding security, yes, encourage the bulldozer to be careful. Then, regarding construction, I saw earlier that there was an iron-iron construction. Well, the tools to carry out that must also be adjusted," said Heru at TPST Bantargebang, Monday, January 2.