KLHK Records 18 Producers Successfully Reduced 72 Thousand Tons Of National Plastic Waste, 24 Others Have Not Implemented

Illustration. Piles of garbage at TPST Sandubaya during the NTB Regional TPA in Kebon Kongok were closed, Thursday 31 August. (ANTARA-HO DLH Mataram)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) ensures that the role of producers in reducing waste continues to be expanded. Currently 42 manufacturers have made roadmaps for reducing waste, 18 of which have implemented. "Those who have entered the road map 42 and those that we have started listing 150s. But those who have implemented really, 18 producers have succeeded in reducing plastic waste by 72 thousand tons," said Director of Waste Reduction at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Vinda Damayanti Ansjar, when met after the State Clean Action event in Karawang Regency, West Java (West Java) on Friday, March 8, was confiscated by Antara. The preparation of the roadmap for reducing waste itself from 2020 to 2029 is the obligation of producers in accordance with the Regulation of the Minister of Environment and Forestry Number 75 of 2019 concerning the Roadmap for Depletion of Waste by Producers. The regulation was made to achieve the target of reducing waste by producers by 30 percent compared to the amount of waste in 2029. Producers who are required to create roadmaps engaged in manufacturing, food and beverage services and retail.

On the same occasion, the Director of Waste Management of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Novrizal Tahar, said that the downward trend and handling of waste continued to show an increase. Data from the KLHK National Waste Management Information System (SIPSN) in 2022 shows the achievement of national waste management performance reaching 63.68 percent. Consisting of 14.26 percent of waste reduction and 49.42 percent of waste management. There are still 36.32 percent of waste in Indonesia that has not been managed properly. The government itself has a 30 percent waste reduction target and 70 percent waste management by 2025, based on Presidential Regulation Number 97 of 2017 concerning National Policies and Strategies on Waste Management. "What is certain is that we are still trying to achieve it all from upstream to downstream, we will do it, we will see in 2025 we will calculate it," he said.