Propose Island Reclamation For Waste Disposal, Heru Budi Throws Ideas At Central Government

Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono after laying the RDF Plant groundbreaking in Rorotan, North Jakarta, Monday (13/5/2024). (ANTARA/Siti Nurhaliza)

JAKARTA - Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono revealed the discourse of reclamation of islands as a new waste disposal site as a matter of proposal.

If realized, the construction work is not carried out by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government itself. Heru threw the idea so that the central government could do it.

"This is just my idea. The central government made this. Local governments who throw garbage, pay it to the central government. Pay it doesn't have to be expensive. Enter the country, enter the state budget. The Ministry of Environment processes this," said Heru at DKI Jakarta City Hall, Tuesday, May 14.

Why should the central government work on it? According to the Head of the Presidential Secretariat, the waste disposal site on this new island is not only needed by Jakarta, but also the buffer zone.

Although now each Jabodetabek agglomeration regional government has implemented its own waste management, Heru assesses that the garbage collection capacity will be full in the next few years.

"In my opinion, I just finish garbage, not Jakarta. There are Bekasi cities and regencies, Tangerang there are districts and South Tangerang, Depok, Bogor, where are the garbage going?" said Heru.

"If possible, this (the waste disposal island reclamation project) was taken by the central government to dispose of Bekasi waste, Jakarta, Depok, Tangerang," he added.

Heru gave an example of the construction of a waste disposal site on the island resulting from this reclamation by the Singapore government by building the island of Sembakau.

According to Heru, the reclamation location of this new island as a garbage reservoir can be built in waters near North Jakarta and the Thousand Islands.

"We have an idea is that on the north side of the sea, we can push 5 kilos from the mainland. Later the waste can be processed with technology by throwing it into the area," said Heru.

Moreover, according to Heru, this new land reclamation can be done by hoarding mud from the dredging of 13 rivers in Jakarta, which is a routine program of the DKI Provincial Government.

"So, later the waste disposal, including sediments to become islands, is to be able to process park offices, also of course for the processing of waste itself, and we can add green open space," he explained.

Therefore, Heru asked the ranks of the DKI Jakarta Environment Agency together with experts to make studies on development plans to analyze environmental impacts.