GIS Utilizes Waste In Cilacap Regency As Alternative Fuel

Illustration. (Photo: Semen Indonesia)

JAKARTA - PT Semen Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (SIG) through its business unit, PT Solusi Bangun Indonesia Tbk (SBI), utilizes municipal waste at a facility located in Tritih Lor, Jeruklegi District, Cilacap Regency as an alternative fuel in cement manufacturing at the SBI factory. in Cilacap.

The inauguration of the operationalization of waste processing into alternative fuels (RDF) was held today, Tuesday, July 21 by the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment of the Republic of Indonesia Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, together with the Indonesian Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Edhy Prabowo, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources RI Arifin Tasrif, Deputy Governor of Central Java Taj Yassin Maimoen, Cilacap Regent Tatto Suwarto Pamuji, SIG Production Director Benny Wendry and SBI President Director Aulia Mulki Oemar.

SIG Production Director, Benny Wendry, said that the use of waste into alternative fuels is a solution for better maintenance and management of the community environment.

"Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) is a product of domestic waste that is processed by the biodrying method to become renewable energy and used as an alternative fuel. Utilization of this waste is able to substitute the use of coal into fuel up to 3 percent of Thermal Substitution Rate. / TSR), "said Benny in a statement received by VOI, Tuesday, July 21.

He added that currently waste continues to increase every day and is a big problem in several areas including Cilacap Regency. This has provided an impetus for GIS to use waste which was originally of no value to become alternative energy to replace coal.

Furthermore, Benny Wendry explained that the use of waste into alternative fuels is the company's innovation in realizing sustainable development in Indonesia. SIG wants to provide a long-term solution in overcoming the problem of domestic waste that can have a positive impact on the environment and society

In his remarks, the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Pandjaitan, said that the application of RDF technology is an effort to improve solid waste management in Indonesia and it is hoped that this pilot project can become a turning point for waste management in Indonesia, which is still a complicated problem.

"There must be a breakthrough in waste management so that it can reduce the dependence of municipal / regency waste management on the final waste processing site (TPA) where until now its existence has always been a problem, both environmental and social. Hopefully the technology built in Cilacap can later become an example. for other regions, "said Coordinating Minister Luhut.

The first integrated domestic waste processing facility in Indonesia belongs to the Regional Government of Cilacap Regency (in this case the Environmental Service) in collaboration with the Royal Danish Government through the ESP3 program, the Provincial Government of Central Java, until it is supported by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, and also the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing, as well as the appointed SBI operator, prepares human resources through training, and the RDF product offtaker.

The Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) facility to become RDF which is located at TPA Jeruklegi, Cilacap Regency, is built on an area of 1 hectare and is able to process domestic waste waste of 120 tons per day which can produce 60 tons of RDF per day. 60 tons of RDF per day can replace 40 tons of coal per day.