The RDF plant is set to be built atop a 7.8-hectare site in Rorotan, North Jakarta. Once the facility is fully operational, it will be able to process 2,500 tonnes of waste per day.
he Jakarta administration has kick-started the construction of the first refuse-derived fuel (RDF) facility in the city, to address its growing waste problem.
The RDF plant is set to be built atop a 7.8-hectare site in Rorotan, North Jakarta. Once the facility is fully operational, it will be able to process 2,500 tonnes of waste per day.
Meanwhile, the city of over 10 million people produces nearly 8,000 tonnes of waste every day, the majority of which is dumped in Bantar Gebang landfill in neighboring Bekasi, West Java.
The Jakarta administration has allocated about Rp 1.2 trillion (US$74.89 million) of its 2024 regional budget (APBD) for the project, expected to be finished by next December and subsequently operate early next year.
An RDF plant works by separating, shredding and processing waste into small pellets to be used as an alternative fuel in cement plants or coal-fired power plants.
The Rorotan RDF plant will be able to turn 35-40 percent of the waste processed into alternative fuel, which means that the facility can produce around 875 tonnes of alternative fuels daily at full capacity.
During a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday, acting Jakarta governor Heru Budi Hartono said that the new waste-treatment facility would become one of the largest RDF plants in the world.
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