Highlighting The Issue Of Jakarta's Waste Flow To Bantargebang, Minister Of Environment Visits JRC

Minister of Environment and Forestry Hanif Faisol Nurofiq during a visit to the Jakarta Recycle Center (JRC), South Jakarta, Wednesday (30/10/2024) (ANTARA/Prisca Triferna)

JAKARTA - Minister of Environment (LH) Hanif Faisol Nurofiq paid a visit to the Jakarta Recycle Center (JRC). Hanif wants to ensure his support in efforts to resolve waste issues and suppress the onset that ends up in the Bantargebang Integrated Waste Management Site (TPST).

During his visit, Hanif listened to the explanation of the Head of the Jakarta Environment Agency (DLH) Asep Kuswanto regarding JRC's performance, including the door-to-door socialization movement to ensure waste sorting until the recycling operation.

The head of the Environmental Control Agency (BPLH) said that by making the visit, the Ministry of Environment and its ranks could formulate further steps and coordinate with local governments (Pemda).

Thus, he continued, waste issues can be a problem that is resolved together, even though the management authority is at the district/city level.

"That DKI Jakarta has a potential of 7,000-8,000 tons of waste per day, we must break it. Starting from building a waste unit bank or managing a waste unit in its upstream places in RT/RW, then filtering it into the Main Waste Bank. Then distributing it from the Main Waste Bank related to waste that can be processed," said Hanif during a visit to JRC in South Jakarta, Wednesday, October 30, confiscated by Antara.

Thus, he continued, the waste that ends up at the Bantargebang TPST can be suppressed, especially from the types that become recycled raw materials, including plastic waste and paper waste. Food waste can be processed into compost.

Especially regarding the issue of food waste or food waste that meets the composition of 50 percent of the total waste of 7,000-8,000 tons of waste per day ending at the Bantargebang TPST, he said special attention was needed regarding its handling.

"We understand that there is food waste, which amounts to almost 50 percent of Jakarta's waste. If 50 percent of it is 8,000, then there are 4,000 tons per day of food waste that we have to solve, answer the problem," said Hanif.