Idul Adha goes green with eco packaging

Thu, August 15, 2019 / 05:52 pm

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The process of cutting and distributing meat during Idul Adha at Al-Ikhlas Grand Mosque in Ciledug, Tangerang, on Sunday. JP/Narabeto Korohama
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An attendant cuts qurban (sacrificial) meat at Istiqlal Mosque in Central Jakarta on Sunday. The cutting process used both a conventional technique and meat cutters. JP/Syelanita
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An attendant cuts qurban (sacrificial) meat at Istiqlal Mosque in Central Jakarta on Sunday. The cutting process used both a conventional technique and meat cutters. JP/Syelanita
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An attendant uses bamboo besek (containers made of plaited bamboo) to hold qurban (sacrificial) meat at Istiqlal Mosque in Central Jakarta on Sunday. The mosque chose not to use plastic bags to distribute its qurban meat for this year's Idul Adha. JP/Syelanita
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An attendant uses bamboo besek (containers made of plaited bamboo) to hold qurban (sacrificial) meat at Istiqlal Mosque in Central Jakarta on Sunday. The mosque chose not to use plastic bags to distribute its qurban meat for this year's Idul Adha. JP/Syelanita
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Students of state junior high school SMPN 3 in Malang, East Java, place qurban (sacrificial) meat into besek (containers made of plaited bamboo) during Idul Adha on Sunday. Neighborhoods and mosques across Java used besek instead of single-use plastic bags to distribute qurban meat to residents. JP/Nedi Putra AW
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A woman prepares qurban (sacrificial) meat in besek (containers made of plaited bamboo) to be distributed to the public on Sunday at the Blitar Police headquarters in Blitar, Talun district, East Java. The Blitar Police also promoted the use of besek in distributing qurban meat to reduce plastic waste. JP/Asip Hasani
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Residents line up to exchange coupons with qurban (sacrificial) meat prepared at Al Azhar Grand Mosque in South Jakarta on Sunday. The mosque had prepared 200 goats and 30 cows as qurban. JP/Anggie Angela
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Residents line up to exchange coupons with qurban (sacrificial) meat prepared at Al Azhar Grand Mosque in South Jakarta on Sunday. The mosque had prepared 200 goats and 30 cows as qurban. JP/Anggie Angela

Several mosques across Java, with support from governors, have adopted a plastic ban in distributing qurban (sacrificial) meat during Idul Adha the Day of Sacrifice, which fell on Sunday, August 11, 2019.

Wealthier Muslims shared thousands of meat packages in besek (containers made of plaited bamboo) and other ecofriendly packaging for qurban meat instead of plastic bags.

The Jalan Kenari, Senen, neighborhood’s qurban committee head, Ahmad Ibnu Batutah, said residents had gotten the besek from a donor.

“We received 300 sets of besek. We decided to use the containers and lids separately, so we actually have 600 besek in total,” he said.

Meanwhile, the management of Istiqlal Mosque also decided to use besek after previously announcing it would use ecofriendly plastic bags to distribute qurban meat. However, it still used plastic to wrap the meat before placing it inside a besek.

The use of ecofriendly packaging for qurban meat has also spread outside the capital.

In Surabaya, East Java, the management of Al Akbar Mosque used besek and teak leaves, a method also used by the qurban committee for SMP 3 state junior high school in Malang. In Blitar, also in East Java, the Blitar Police used 500 besek, while Miftahul Jannah Mosque used 1,000 besek and banana leaves.