The Depok City Government Asks The Corban Committee Not To Use Plastic Bags For Meat Bags

DEPOK - The Depok City Government in West Java Province asked the committee for the implementation of the sacrificial worship not to use single-use plastic bags to distribute sacrificial animal meat to residents. Depok Mayor Mohammad Idris appealed to the sacrificial committee to replace plastic bags with environmentally friendly containers such as banana leaves, teak leaves, and besek or other containers that can be reused. "We urge the public to bring their own container, which can be reused, to accommodate sacrificial meat," he said in Depok, Friday, July 8. The mayor also instructed the kelurahan and sub-district heads in his area to submit a circular regarding the implementation of Eid al-Adha without plastic waste to people in their respective regions. According to the city government's circular, the committee for the implementation of Eid al-Adha worship must provide facilities and infrastructure for processing waste in the form of sorted waste fields and collection tools at the location of prayer and distribution of sacrificial meat as well as collecting and transporting waste to the processing area. In addition, the Idul Adhadi worship committee was asked to ensure that health protocols to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 were implemented during the implementation of prayer, the slaughter of sacrificial animals, and distribution of sacrificial meat.