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View all search resultsWaste processing rate in Indonesia only reaches 10 percent
Deputy Environment Minister Diaz Hendropriyono stated that Indonesia’s critically low waste management rate results in 34 million tonnes of waste polluting the environment annually.
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Awaiting proper management: Motorists ride next to a pile of trash on April 21 at the Cibeber integrated landfill in Cimahi, West Java. The Cimahi administration declared a state of emergency and suspended waste collection at its temporary landfills from April 21 to 27 as waste piled at the sites. (Antara/Abdan Syakura)
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he government has revealed that the waste management rate in various regions of Indonesia has only reached around 10 percent, with landfills across the country projected to reach maximum capacity by 2030 unless urgent and radical measures are taken.
Deputy Environment Minister Diaz Hendropriyono stated that Indonesia’s critically low waste management rate resulted in 34 million tonnes of waste polluting the environment annually.
“The impact is far-reaching. We have found microplastics in rivers, water sources, placentas and even breast milk,” he said on Tuesday, as reported by Antaranews.
He added that most landfills in Indonesia still use an open dumping system, which significantly contributes to methane emissions, a greenhouse gas that traps up to 34 times more heat than carbon dioxide over a 100-year period, making it a major contributor to global warming.
“It’s not too late to fix this, as long as the government, the business sector and the public work together to improve our waste management system,” Diaz said.
Ambitious target
In 2017, then-president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo issued a presidential regulation that set a bold target for Indonesia to achieve 100 percent waste management by the end of 2025.
