City to handle 10,000 tons of waste daily

The city’s sanitary agency plans to reduce the city’s dependency on the Bantar Gebang landfill in Bekasi, West Java, by developing three locations inside the city and accelerating the Ciangir landfill project in Tangerang regency.

Jakarta Sanitary Agency head Eko Baruna said Friday that according to the 2030 spatial plan, the total capacity of the four locations would be 10,000 tons of garbage per day. Currently, the city produces around 6,500 tons per day.

“We predict this figure will grow to more than 9,000 tons per day in 2030, an increase of around 5 percent per year,” he said Friday.

Eko said the 98-hectare Ciangir site, with a capacity to house 3,000 tons per day, would serve the city’s western areas, while Bantar Gebang, which would have it’s capacity reduced to 3,000 tons, would serve the eastern areas.

The landfill sites in Cakung Cilincing and Sunter in North Jakarta are to be expanded to cater for 1,000 tons of garbage per day, while the other location in the Marunda Special Economic Zone — also in North Jakarta — which is still to be constructed, is expected to take in up to 2,000 tons of garbage per day