Trash Bursting After Floods In Banjarmasin, Contains Piles Of Mattresses, Cabinets And Sofas

Garbage in Banjarmasin (ANTARA)

BANJARMASIN - The Environmental Agency (DLH) of Banjarmasin City, South Kalimantan continues to strive to deal with waste that has increased by more than 100 percent recently. The garbage, consisting of piles of mattresses, cupboards and sofa benches, turned into big garbage due to the flood.

"Many residents' houses were submerged, mattresses, cabinets and sofa benches were damaged as a result or could no longer be used, until they were thrown into the TPS, a large amount of garbage flooded", said Head of DLH Banjarmasin City Mukhyar in Banjarmasin quoted by Antara, Tuesday, February 2.

According to him, after the area is no longer flooded, the waste generated is very large, even more than 100 percent of what is usually piled up in temporary landfills (TPS), due to the results of cleaning and cleaning the houses by the flooded residents.

"Everything we handle optimally, we take it to the final waste disposal site (TPA) in Basirih, it becomes extra handling", said Mukhyar who also serves as Acting Sekdakot Banjarmasin.

Previously, the Head of Waste Management for DLH Banjarmasin City, Marzuki, said that the waste increased by 100 percent after the receding flood, including at TPS A Yani and TPS Jalan Lingkar Dalam.

"As in the Inner Ring TPS, there are usually only eight trucks, so 20 trucks, has exploded in recent days", he said.

His party must work hard to overcome the garbage that keeps coming in order not to cause a bigger pile.

Because of that, Jack continued, his nickname, post-flood waste handling was carried out extra, the entire fleet owned by DLH was deployed, even to load garbage at the TPS using heavy equipment.