Committee Must Be Responsible For Sacrificial Animal Waste, Don't Add Undecomposable Waste

Illustration of slaughtering sacrificial animals/ Photo: Bitor Ekin Putra/VOI

JAKARTA - The Bandung City Government believes that the waste from the sacrificial activities during Eid al-Adha 1444 Hijri or 2023 can be properly anticipated by the Environment Agency (DLH) and the local committee.

"It is the responsibility of the local committee, and usually it is normal to coordinate with DLH, and I don't think the volume of waste will be too significant, or cause mountains of garbage at the TPS," said Acting Mayor of Bandung Ema Sumarna at Al Ukhuwah Mosque, Bandung City, Thursday.

The Environment Agency itself, said Ema, has been alerted to anticipate the existing waste, especially in places where Eid al-Adha prayers and slaughtering sacrificial animals are used.

"Anticipation is necessarily carried out, and the Bandung City DLH every event or celebration, including Eid al-Adha, especially in places where Eid prayers are held," he said.

Ema also again appealed to all sacrificial officers in the city of Bandung to use environmentally friendly containers when distributing sacrificial meat.

"This animal slaughter is usually synonymous with crackle. We urge the distribution of sacrificial meat not to use crackle. I urge you to use rectum made of bamboo so that it can be destroyed," he said.

According to Ema, the process of preparing for the sacrifice does not only look at the health aspects of the animal, the cutting process, until the distribution pattern is correct, but also on the distribution pattern, do not have a negative impact on the environment.

"Don't let it produce a lot of garbage that cannot be decomposed. The result of this meat distribution must be safe for the environment. So that it is easy to recycle," he said.

The Eid al-Adha prayer 10 Dzulhijjah 1444 Hijri this Thursday in Bandung City, was held at 1,962 location points.

The 1,962 prayer locations for Eid al-Adha have details of 1,585 locations in the mosque, 217 locations in the field and 160 locations other than in mosques/fields.

For the sacrificial animals that were slaughtered this Thursday in the city of Bandung, there are around 6,025 cattle, then 5,705 sheep.