Sarana Jaya Targets Jakarta's Waste Management To Start Construction Next Year, Anticipate Full Bantargebang

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JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has mandated the BUMD Perumda Pembangunan Sarana Jaya to build two intermediate waste processing facilities (FPSA) in two areas, namely the eastern and southern parts (Tebet).

Sarana Jaya Finance Director Bima Priyo Santosa said that this environmentally friendly technology waste processing is targeted to start construction next year.

"Work related to waste management is currently in the process of selecting partners. We hope that there will be significant developments in November, so we hope that next year the physical activity of the project will begin," Bima said in a virtual discussion, quoted on Saturday, October 16. .

Bima views that the construction of these two FPSAs can solve Jakarta's waste problem. This is because the amount of waste produced by DKI Jakarta is quite large, reaching 7,800 tons per day.

Moreover, it is feared that the garbage collection capacity at the Bantargebang Integrated Waste Processing Site (TPST) will be full in the next four years.

"Imagine yes, if Bantargebang is full, what will Jakarta be like. With a scale like this, like it or not, that is one solution that we must solve immediately, because Bantar Gebang is already at a critical point," he explained.

Continuing, Professor of Environmental Engineering at the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Enri Damanhuri suggested, the construction of the two FPSAs was built with careful consideration in accordance with waste production in the capital city. Because it uses modern technology, its capacity must be adjusted so that management runs optimally.

"How much the technology is able to reduce waste, weight or volume, the main reduction capability. Because the goal of processing waste is not to produce something, but to reduce production as much as possible," said Enri.

Enri asked Sarana Jaya to pay attention to the existing land use. Likewise with the impact of environmental pollution such as odors or other pollution when operating the FPSA.

Because, according to him, waste management must also pay attention to the principle of good use. If there is leftover food or leaves, twigs and the like that can still be used so that it can be processed such as making compost.

"Don't just buy something cheap, two months after it can't be reused, the most important thing is that the last one is after delivery," he added.