Walkot Requires Every Kelurahan In Palembang To Provide Waste Bank

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

Mayor (Walkot) of Palembang Ratu Dewa requires that every kelurahan in 18 sub-districts has a waste bank to deal with environmental cleanliness problems.

"The issue of waste is not only the responsibility of the government, but the collective responsibility of all elements of society," said Ratu Dewa in Palembang, South Sumatra, Friday, July 4, which was confiscated by Antara.

According to him, the problem of waste is a problem that is not enough to only rely on the government, but there must also be awareness and active roles from residents.

As a form of breakthrough, the Palembang City Government rolled out a strategic program entitled 'One Village One Waste Bank' which is designed to strengthen community-based waste management at the village level.

This program is a concrete step to ground the circular economy concept and create value from waste that is sorted and managed properly.

The waste bank is not only a place to save trash, but also a place to build a clean culture, an environmental-based economy, and community solidarity. We have prepared this program while waiting for the realization of the PLTS project in the Keramasan area. We ask for the support of all parties so that this can run optimally," he said.

With this approach, continued Dewa, it is hoped that the community will not only become an object, but also a subject of change in environmental management.

Waste banks will become a recycling-based education, empowerment and microeconomic driving node.

Previously, the Head of the Palembang Environment Agency, Mustain, said that the production of waste in the city was 1,240 tons of waste per day and the dominating was household waste.