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Ada Pertanyaan? Hubungi Kami Nadia Maharani, ANT
Waste management in Indonesia can generally be classified as very poor due to the outdated system of manual garbage collection. Many factors contribute to this problem, including a lack of social consciousness. The current regulatory framework also causing problems, as hampers the development of better waste management systems, and consequently leads to flooding and other environmental problems.The government is, however, trying to take steps to improve the situation. Led by the President, a cabinet meeting held on Tuesday discussed the legal framework covering waste management, often used as an excuse for government’ failure to manage waste.
“Almost every developed country such as Germany, Singapore and Korea have different techniques for managing their garbage. I have to be blunt, our country does not yet have such system,” said President Jokowi.
Fortunately, some regions in Indonesia are trying innovative approaches to overcome waste related issues. Malang municipality, for instance, is working with a German company to convert waste into electric energy at Supiturang dumping site which covers an area of 32 hectares. Moch Anton, the Mayor of Malang, explained his plan for electricity produced from Supiturang site to be distributed from a State Owned Electrical Company (PT PLN) installation.
“The process is up to reaching a joint efforts contract, hopefully after the end of Ramadhan the installation will start to be built,” said Mr. Anton last Saturday.
To turn these conversion efforts into reality, Mayor Anton needs to collect data on the potential of methane from household and industrial waste in Malang, which is estimated at a daily average of 420 ton.
Five hundred ton of waste is the minimum requirement to convert waste to power. Due to the shortage, the local governor is considering accepting waste from outside of Malang to be processed in the city.
Currently there are over 300 households around the Supiturang site, which are on the distribution network. Mr. Anton has a plan to increase this to 420 households around the site and provide alternative energy to replace the use of liquefied petroleum gas (lpg).
According to Mayor Anton, a sanitary landfill system could be used to control methane levels. The local governor’s vision is for local residents to reap the benefits of waste.
(hot/kc)
Nadia Maharani, ANT
Waste management in Indonesia can generally be classified as very poor due to the outdated system of manual garbage collection. Many factors contribute to this problem, including a lack of social consciousness. The current regulatory framework also causing problems, as hampers the development of better waste management systems, and consequently leads to flooding and other environmental problems.The government is, however, trying to take steps to improve the situation. Led by the President, a cabinet meeting held on Tuesday discussed the legal framework covering waste management, often used as an excuse for government’ failure to manage waste.
“Almost every developed country such as Germany, Singapore and Korea have different techniques for managing their garbage. I have to be blunt, our country does not yet have such system,” said President Jokowi.
Fortunately, some regions in Indonesia are trying innovative approaches to overcome waste related issues. Malang municipality, for instance, is working with a German company to convert waste into electric energy at Supiturang dumping site which covers an area of 32 hectares. Moch Anton, the Mayor of Malang, explained his plan for electricity produced from Supiturang site to be distributed from a State Owned Electrical Company (PT PLN) installation.
“The process is up to reaching a joint efforts contract, hopefully after the end of Ramadhan the installation will start to be built,” said Mr. Anton last Saturday.
To turn these conversion efforts into reality, Mayor Anton needs to collect data on the potential of methane from household and industrial waste in Malang, which is estimated at a daily average of 420 ton.
Five hundred ton of waste is the minimum requirement to convert waste to power. Due to the shortage, the local governor is considering accepting waste from outside of Malang to be processed in the city.
Currently there are over 300 households around the Supiturang site, which are on the distribution network. Mr. Anton has a plan to increase this to 420 households around the site and provide alternative energy to replace the use of liquefied petroleum gas (lpg).
According to Mayor Anton, a sanitary landfill system could be used to control methane levels. The local governor’s vision is for local residents to reap the benefits of waste.
(hot/kc)