Garbage Once Stacked After Bantargebang Landslide, Pramono Claims It's Now Normal

DKI Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung/PHOTO: Diah Ayu-VOI

JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung claims that the current waste management conditions in the Capital City have returned to normal. Previously, waste had accumulated at a number of temporary disposal sites (TPS) after the landslide incident at the Bantargebang TPS.

Pramono explained that the landslide in zone 4A disrupted waste processing operations. As a result, the distribution of waste from various regions of Jakarta was stalled.

"As a result of the landslide at that time in zone 4A, then there must be a 10-day period for what we will rearrange, but now it has been rearranged," said Pramonp at the DKI Jakarta City Hall, Tuesday, March 31.

He admitted that the accumulation of garbage did not only occur at one point. A number of areas had experienced similar conditions due to limited transportation capacity during the rearrangement process in Bantargebang.

"Several piles are not only in Kramat Jati, in some places it also happened, but now almost all the piles have been cleaned again because Bantargebang can be used again," he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of the DKI Jakarta Environment Service, Asep Kuswanto, revealed a number of solutions to ease the burden of the Bantargebang Waste Treatment Plant, Bekasi, one of which is by reducing waste from the source.

Asep said that the more waste that can be sorted and reduced, starting from the household, office, to residential areas, the smaller the pressure that TPST Bantargebang has to bear as the final processing location.

"Efforts to reduce waste at the source are an important part of Jakarta's long-term waste management strategy, as well as to reduce the burden of the pile that goes into the final processing every day," Asep said in a statement.

Waste reduction from sources can be done through simple steps that can be applied by the community, namely sorting waste into easily degradable categories, recyclable materials, residues, and household B3 waste.

In addition, the public is also encouraged to compost food waste and reuse items that still have value.

"These steps have proven effective in reducing the volume of waste that must be transported to processing facilities and final processing sites," said Asep.

He said the DKI Provincial Government continues to strengthen the waste management system from upstream to downstream, one of which is through the development of modern processing facilities, such as the Rorotan Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) Plant which processes waste into alternative fuel for the cement industry.

However, Asep emphasized that processing technology alone is not enough without the support of active community participation in reducing waste from its source.

Therefore, the DKI Provincial Government invites all residents to build a culture of sorting and reducing waste in daily life.