Mekarsari TPSA Starts Operation, Waste Emergency Cianjur Status Revokes

The Sandsembung End Of Waste Disposal Site In Cilaku District, Cianjur, West Java, has been used as a temporary waste disposal site for the past month during a waste emergency in Cianjur. (ANTARA/Ahmad Fikri

JABAR - The Cianjur Regency Government (Pemkab) revoked its waste emergency status after Mekarsari's Final Waste Disposal Site (TPSA) could be used. The waste disposal to TPSA in Cikalongkulon District can operate on March 1, 2024.

Regional Assistant (Asda) II of the Cianjur Regional Secretariat Budi Rahayu Toyib said the waste emergency status had been implemented since January 22, 2024, and had been extended 3 times.

"As of the beginning of March, TPSA Mesaksi will be able to operate to accommodate waste from all areas of Cianjur, which since the last month has been a waste emergency because it is still being dumped into the Pasirsembung TPSA which has become a Green Open Space," he said in Cianjur, Wednesday, February 28, which was confiscated by Antara.

Currently, the local government is still compiling an appeal letter to each village to no longer dispose of waste to the old TPAS in Pasirsembung, with a waste transportation system that is different from the old one at night but during the day.

Meanwhile, the garbage that has accumulated at the Pasirsembung TPSA for the past month will gradually be transported to the Mekarsari TPSA, so that there will be no more waste disposal in temporary shelters at the Pasirsembung RTH location.

"Distortion transportation will be changed to noon because the distance to TPSA roughi in Cikalongkulon District is far from a field that is quite difficult to pass, especially at night because of the lack of lighting," he said.

While walking, he said, the local government will continue to fix the new TPSA, including adding supporting facilities and infrastructure so that vehicles can be suitable for passing by during the day or night, including processing and sorting waste so that they live long.

"A number of programs including waste processing tools will be available at Mekarsai TPSA, so they don't mount because they can be directly processed into goods that have a selling value," he said.

Meanwhile, the Pasirsebung TPSA, which has become green open space, will receive an arrangement as a new tourist spot complete with supporting facilities and infrastructure for residents and tourists who come to locations a few kilometers from the center of Cianjur City to the south.