TPST Gedebage Able To Reduce 60 Tons Of Waste Per Day Thrown Into PTA

Archives - The location for the construction of the Gedebage Integrated Waste Processing Site (TPST) in Bandung City, West Java Province, Friday (17/11/2023). (ANTARA/Rubby Jovan)

BANDUNG - Bandung City Government (Pemkot) said the Gedebage Integrated Waste Processing Site (TPST) was able to reduce the volume of waste dumped into the final disposal site (TPA) by up to 60 tons per day.

"The target of TPST Gedebage on December 4, 2023 has been operational with six gibrik machines with a target of 60 tons of waste to be completed," said Bandung City Regional Secretary Ema Sumarna, quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, November 30.

Ema said that organic waste processing at TPST Gedebage will use the magazineization method. Meanwhile, inorganic waste will be used as an alternative fuel (Refuse Derived Fuel/RDF).

For the completion of the organic waste, first it is taken by a gibrik machine that will become feedtags. At that location, 175 biofoams have been built for the maggot cage," he said.

Ema said, with the waste processing activity at TPST Gedebage, only residue or waste waste that could not be processed.

Meanwhile, Head of the Bandung City Environment Agency, Dudy Prayudi, said that currently the progress of the Gedebage TPST is only to build hangars for manggots.

"The announcement has been completed, the biofoam has been completed, it's just a matter of making a hangar," he said.

After being completed and operated, TPST Gedebage is targeted to be able to process waste into economic-valued goods while reducing the volume of waste entering the Sarimukti Final Disposal Site (TPA) in West Bandung Regency.

In addition, his party continues to encourage people to complete organic waste at the household level by developing the Kang Empos waste processing system (carung, bucket, and compost). That way, he hopes that the waste emergency period can end soon.

"We focus on processing organic waste. On the household scale with Kang Empos, it is also on the sub-district scale with a Maggotization," said Dudy.