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Trash for cash: Apps promote recycling through monetary rewards
A newly developed app called e-Recycle makes waste management easier for the residents of Jakarta, a city that produces approximately 7,700 tons of waste per day. The app offers door-to-door waste collection services that allow residents to exchange their recyclable waste for cash.
City 6 years ago
‘Not ordinary rain’: Worst rainfall in over decade causes massive floods in Jakarta
The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency recorded rainfall intensity on New Year’s Eve at 377 millimeters per day, according to an observation conducted at the Air Force air base in East Jakarta.
![[UPDATED] At least 26 deaths reported as floods, landslides strike Greater Jakarta](https://img.jakpost.net/c/2020/01/01/2020_01_01_84197_1577857505._thumbnail.jpg)
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Tackling plastic pollution: Jakarta sanitation officers turn waste into handicrafts
Jakarta’s sanitation workers seem to have found a way to contribute in the country’s efforts to reduce plastic pollution ─ Indonesia’s very own modern-day enemy ─ through creative ways that include turning the waste into handicrafts.
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