Rekosistem Inaugurates Waste Station RDTX Place For People To Deposit Recycling Waste In Jakarta

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JAKARTA - The Rekosystem (PT Khazanah Hijau Indonesia) in collaboration with the WWF Indonesia Foundation (WWF-Indonesia) inaugurated the Waste Station in the RDTX Place area for the WWF Plastic Smart Cities program which was also attended by Andien as an Eco Living Advisor for the Recosystem.

This collaboration is a Recosystem and WWF-Indonesia program to reduce waste from Jakarta which ends in the Ciliwung River. Waste Station is a Recosystem recycling station in order to realize 30 percent reduction in plastic waste in Jakarta. This inauguration was also attended byPP Pasaribu as Head of Community Participation and Ranks from the DKI Jakarta Provincial Environment Agency.

It is estimated that between 4.8-12.7 Mt of plastic accumulated in the ocean every year (Jambeck et al., 2015), 80 percent of which are believed to come from land-based sources while the remaining 20 percent of marine-based sources, such as fisheries and the shipping industry (Ocean Conservancy, 2017). The Indonesian WWF Foundation through the Plastic Smart Cities (PSC) program is committed to supporting collaborative waste management efforts in Jakarta Province, especially those that reach office areas and households.

"Starting the habit of environmentally friendly lifestyles in daily life such as sorting and managing waste consistently can have a significant impact on our Earth, and in line with the mission of the Recosystem in applying the principle of sustainability. Waste Station is not only to collect waste so that it can be processed, but has the main goal of creating habits and encouraging people to sort and deposit inorganic waste so as to increase the recycling rate, in order to create a waste pollution-free Indonesia," said Ernest Layman, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of the Rekosystem, in his statement, Thursday 6 July.

Irfan Bakhtiar, Director of Climate & Market Transformation, Indonesian WWF Foundation emphasized that the collaboration between WWF-Indonesia and the Rekosystem invites the public to play an active role in waste management.

"Caring for the environment can be a new lifestyle, especially urban communities by depositing inorganic waste including plastic waste to Waste Stations at RDTX Place and starting sorting waste from home," he explained.

This action in creating environmentally friendly life has also long been voiced by Andien Aisyah, Public Figure, an environmentally friendly lifestyle activist who now also acts as an Eco Living Advisor for the Recosystem.

"Everyone must have collective awareness, namely where one person is aware that what he does has a very good and big impact on the environment, and will bring big changes if they are done together. I see this potential in the Recosystem and I want to be involved in turning Indonesia into a country that coexists with nature, "explained Andien.

So far, 28 Waste Stations and Dropboxs have been actively operating in several provinces on the island of Java, such as DKI Jakarta, Banten, West Java and East Java. The ecosystem also cooperates with several corporations that contribute to the habit of #PilahKemasSetor sampah, including blu by BCA Digital, Toyota Astra Motor, Ajinomoto, and Electronic City. The establishment of Waste Station and Dropbox is expected to improve an integrated and sustainable waste management system in the future.

In July, the Rekosystem also launched a new Waste Station at the Transport Museum, Batu City, which was inaugurated with Toyota Astra Motor and the Dropbox Recosystem in Gresik Square and in Mojokerto Square in collaboration with the local Regency and City Environment Agency.