Waroeng Sambal Bakar Bengkulu Protested By Residents For Throwing Food Waste Into Drainage

Waroeng Sambal Bakar di Kota Bengkulu melakukan kerusakan lingkungan dengan menghabiskan langsung waste ke drainase. ANTARA/Anggi Mayasari

BENGKULU - The Environment Agency (DLH) said that one of the restaurants, Waroeng Sambal Bakar, in Ratu Agung District, Bengkulu City, had carried out environmental pollution by immediately disposing of used food waste into the drainage. "There are complaints from the public that the burning chili waste was dumped directly into the drainage, causing an unpleasant odor. We have sent a team to check and it is true that the waste treatment facility is not appropriate," said Head of DLH Bengkulu City, Riduan in Bengkulu, as reported by Antara, Monday, January 29. With these findings, he said, the Bengkulu City DLH provides guidance and a time limit for shop managers to make improvements by building drainage or waste management. The time limit given to restaurant managers is for the next three months. If within the stipulated time there is no construction or repair of drainage, then his party will impose sanctions according to the rules. For the heaviest sanctions in the form of a recommendation letter to the One Stop Investment and Licensing Office (DPMPTSP) of Bengkulu City to revoke business licenses. "Of course there are sanctions, namely we provide recommendations to the Integrated Licensing Office to revoke their business licenses, because we can only provide recommendations," he said. He explained that licensing for restaurant businesses does not require an analysis of Environmental Management Efforts and Environmental Monitoring Efforts (UKL-UPL), but through Online Single Submission (OSS). "Because (Waroeng Sambal Bakar) the business system is relatively small and does not need UKL and UPL, but it is enough for SPPL (Environmental Management Statement) so that the business license system through OSS makes the business world easier and it is enough to make a statement letter, so that the permit is immediately issued," he explained. Meanwhile, the Bengkulu City DPMPTSP noted that from January to December 2023 it had issued 1,903 permits through the Office Administration Service Information System (Sippadek).

In addition, the Bengkulu City DPMPTSP has also issued 5,825 Business Identification Numbers (NIB) which are dominated by Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) through the OSS RBA application.