Speaking during a working visit to the Integrated Waste Processing Site (TPST) in Bantargebang, Bekasi, on Sunday (27/10/24,) Indonesia’s Minister of Environment/ Head of the Environmental Control Agency, Hanif Faisol Nurofiq announced that waste imports to Indonesia must be stopped as they contribute to the burden of the country’s current waste management issues, according to reporting from Tempo.
“In the immediate future, we should no longer import such items. Our waste is already abundant, and we have gone far enough,” he said, adding that “colonizing us by sending waste to Indonesia has been enough, whatever the reasons may be. Therefore, we must establish steps to reduce and stop waste imports.”
This cessation effort is in line with President Prabowo Subianto’s government commitment to ensuring health, harmonizing life with the environment, and accelerating green economy, says Tempo.
He stated that in the next five years, the Ministry of Environment will focus on managing domestic waste, which has exceeded capacity and needs to be more beneficial.
Based on the 2023 National Waste Management Information System (SIPSN) data, about 38.21 percent of the total of 38.2 million tons of waste that is unmanaged. In this regard, waste management improvements at the Bantar Gebang Integrated Waste Processing Site have become the main focus of the Ministry of Environment, as waste piles in Jakarta reach 8,600 tons per day, with 86.69 percent being taken to the TPST Bantar Gebang.
Source: Tempo
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