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Minister urges regional heads to improve disposal site management
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A truck dumps garbage on April 2, 2024, at the Kawatuna landfill in Palu, Central Sulawesi. The local sanitation agency recorded that up to 270 tonnes of waste were dumped per day at the site during the fasting month of Ramadan, an increase of 35 percent from the usual daily average of 200 tonnes.
(Antara/Basri Marzuki)
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nvironment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq has encouraged regional heads to enhance the management of final disposal sites (TPA), particularly those with open dumping systems.
"We have also sent an official letter to all regional heads in Indonesia, especially 306 regional heads who today are still operating open dumping TPA or open waste disposal sites," Hanif said on Sunday at the Jakarta Clean Waste Collaboration event, as reported by Antara.
The ministry would supervise local waste management efforts to ensure progress, he said, and would not hesitate to enforce regulations against negligent regions.
According to data from the National Waste Management Information System (SIPSN), Indonesia produced 38.4 million tonnes of waste in 2023 but only 61.62 percent of that was properly managed.
Hanif pointed out that Indonesia's waste management system still relied heavily on transporting waste to landfills. Jakarta, for example, generates 8,607 tonnes of waste daily, much of which is sent to the Bantar Gebang Integrated Waste Disposal Site.
This reliance on landfills is creating growing challenges, with much of the waste simply being buried. To address this, the minister emphasized the need for a more structured and industrialized approach to waste management, with local governments playing a key role in the solution.
In addition to improving disposal site management, the ministry also urged regional administrations to allocate part of their village funds for household waste management.
"This village fund should not be all for infrastructure but at least 1 or 2 percent for household waste management," Environment Ministry special staffer Bagus Hariyanto said in Bali on Tuesday.
Bagus added that waste management required a collective effort, with contributions from the central government through the state budget, local governments through regional budgets and village governments.
"Waste management cannot be done by the [central government] or regions alone. That's not possible. We have to work together because we produce waste. That's why we have a shared responsibility to manage waste," he said.
