Jakarta Governor Further Regulates Hazardous Waste

Recently the Governor of Jakarta issued regulation No. 103 of 2005 (“Regulation”) concerning supervision of hazardous waste management. In essence the Regulation aims to implement, at local level, the policies and legal requirements at national level set under Government Regulation No. 18 of 1999, as amended (“GR 18/99”).

The Regulation appears to focus on supervision of hazardous waste management over certain businesses, such as printing firms, service stations for motor vehicles, hospital and laboratory, and laundry and dry clean. These are a few of over 50 activities or industries listed in GR 18/1999 as specific sources of hazardous waste.