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View all search resultsBatam authorities to probe alleged import of toxic electronic waste from US
The Batam Customs Office, along with BP Batam and the Environment Ministry, has opened an investigation into 19 containers of e-waste that are believed to have been imported from the US without complying with the appropriate regulations.
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Risky goods: Batam officials document six containers of electronic waste on Sept. 9, 2025, allegedly imported from the United States to the Riau Islands by PT Esun International Utama Indonesia. (Antara/Environment Ministry/Handout/Antara/Environment Ministry/Handout)
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uthorities have launched an investigation into the suspected illegal importation of toxic electronic waste (e-waste) from the United States, following the arrival of 19 shipping containers allegedly containing hazardous materials at Batu Ampar Port in Batam, the Riau Islands.
Head of the Batam Customs Office, Zaky Firmansyah, said the office, together with the Batam Development Authority (BP Batam) and the Environment Ministry, would inspect the shipment later this week.
“The Environment Ministry will assess whether the contents of the containers meet the criteria for hazardous and toxic materials,” Zaky told The Jakarta Post on Monday.
The case surfaced after the Basel Action Network (BAN), a global environmental watchdog based in the US, alerted Indonesia’s permanent mission to international organizations in Geneva about a potentially illegal shipment of e-waste to the country.
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BAN is known for tracking and exposing the flow of hazardous waste, especially e-waste, from developed to developing countries.
One of the companies allegedly involved in importing the e-waste is PT Esun International Utama Indonesia, an export-import and recycling company that recently shipped six containers of e-waste from the US to Batam, according to the Environment Ministry.
