Minister Of Environment Considers Waste Problems In DI Yogyakarta Not Simple

Piles of garbage in one of the depots in the city of Yogyakarta because the Piyungan TPA were closed, Monday 9 May 2022. (ANTARA-Eka AR)

YOGYAKARTA - Minister of Environment / Head of the Environmental Control Agency, Hanif Faisal Nurofiq said that the problem of waste in districts and cities in the Special Region (DI) Province of Yogyakarta (DI) is relatively not simple, so cooperation is needed between regions.

"The waste problem is also relatively not simple, because coincidentally the Yogyakarta (DIY) area is also downstream of waste," said Minister LH on the sidelines of a working visit at Embung Wukirsari 2 Imogiri, Bantul Regency, DIY, Sunday, April 20, which was confiscated by Antara.

Therefore, said Minister Hanif, his party has communicated with the Regent of Bantul that according to President Prabowo Subianto's direction, waste management must be carried out together with local governments.

"According to the President's direction, waste management can be carried out in collaboration between several regents under the coordinator and the Governor," he said.

Minister of Environment said waste with a daily pile of up to 1,000 tons would be handled directly by the President through the Minister of Environment and several related ministers through waste to energy.

"So, the waste will be used as energy to reduce environmental pressure," he said.

Thus, said the Minister of Environment, the energy from the waste will be subsidized by the government, so that it is included in the on-grid ranks of PLN.

"So, the steps that used to be complicated, the President asked to cut all regulations, the process was accelerated, then directly by the president, I don't want to precede," he said.