BANJARBARU - Minister of Environment / Head of the Environmental Control Agency (KLH / BPLH), Hanif Faisol Nurofiq seeks to build awareness of waste management in the educational environment by cooperating with the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology and the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education.
"The collaboration of these three ministries is for waste-free campuses and schools," said Hanif in Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan, Saturday.
Located at the Auditorium of Lambung Mangkurat University (ULM), Hanif together with Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Fauzan and Deputy Minister of Basic and Secondary Education Prof. Atip Latipulhayat agreed to involve universities and schools from various regions in Indonesia in the movement to reduce the bad impact of waste on the environment.
As a campaign for Asta Campus and Schools in the context of National Waste Care Day (HPSN) in 2025, this program was attended by 2,137 participants who were held at eight universities in Indonesia, namely ULM as the host of the declaration, Syiah Kuala University, Hasanuddin University, Cenderawasih University, Brawijaya University, Pattimura University, Udayana University, and Nusa Cendana University.
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In addition, as many as 56 elementary and secondary school levels participated in this movement, marking the national commitment to environmental sustainability from an early age.
Hanif emphasized that HPSN is a reflection of the waste management system in Indonesia.
Currently, Indonesia produces 56.63 million tons of waste per year, of which 60.99 percent of them are still not well managed.
In terms of composition, food waste dominates with 39.87 percent, followed by 19.16 percent plastic waste, 11.83 percent wood/ranting, and 10.83 percent paper/carton.
The majority of this waste comes from households, namely 50.78 percent, 12.19 percent market, 14.77 percent commercial area, and 8.14 percent other area.
He said that true waste will always be produced in the process of human activities.
For this reason, the waste produced is a shared responsibility and should start reducing and managing it so that it is not wasted on the final processing site.
Meanwhile, Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Fauzan emphasized the importance of universities as a driving force for behavioral changes to waste management.
Therefore, strategic synergy and futuristic collaboration between ministries, academics, and people who apply science and science are needed to create a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment for the welfare of Indonesia.
The Chancellor of ULM, Prof. Ahmad Alim Bachri as the host admitted that he was proud to be trusted by the ministry and ready to become a strategic partner of the government in saving the environment and educating the public about .
On that occasion, environmental cadres were carried out from students and students by the Minister of Environment as well as reviewing the booths that showed off innovation products for all faculties in ULM.
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