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he Jakarta Environment Agency expects to collect more e-waste from residents in 2018 after providing more drop boxes in public places.

The agency has provided e-waste drop boxes at its subdistrict and district offices, as well as at its information booths on weekly Car Free Day on Jl. MH Thamrin and Jl. Sudirman in Central Jakarta.

“Besides Car Free Day, we want to provide drop boxes at Transjakarta bus shelters to target bus passengers,” the agency’s hazardous and toxic waste management division head, Rosa Ambarsari, told The Jakarta Post recently.

“We are still in talks with [city-owned bus operator] PT. Transjakarta about the idea,” she said.

The agency collected 5.3 tons of e-waste — such as hair dryers, fans, light bulbs, washing machines, air conditioning units, fax machines and rice cookers — from Jakarta residents through its e-waste collection program last year.

It also collected 1,270 unused smartphones.

Last month, the agency initiated a program that picks up e-waste directly from residents’ homes, free of charge.

Jakartans, who have about 5 kilograms of e-waste on average, can request the pick-up service by filling out a form on the agency’s official website: https://lingkunganhidup.jakarta.go.id.

To process the e-waste, the agency is cooperating with treatment companies PT. Prasadha Pamunah Limbah Industri (PPLI) to process electronic gadgets and PT. Mukti Mandiri Lestari for other types of e-waste.