Handling Trash, City to Cooperate with Netherland Company

Trash remains a problem in the capital city that is still not handled well. For information, Jakarta can produce up to 6,500 tons of trash a day. So, Jakarta Provincial Government needs to find solution to overcome this problem.

They want us to guarantee that we can provide 2,000 tons of trash per day

Related to that, Acting City Secretary, Wiriyatmoko, revealed that currently Jakarta Provincial Government is working on cooperation with a company from Netherland to resolve trash problem in Jakarta. The company has one requirement. “They want us to guarantee that we can provide 2,000 tons of trash per day,” he said, Saturday (4/19).

Wiriyatmoko explained this cooperation could reduce the tipping fee that paid by the city to third party in Bantar Gebang Integrated Landfill (TPST), Bekasi, West Java. At this time, the company has owned a 10-hectare wide land in Cakung, North Jakarta. “They produce building materials from trash,” he told.

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Later, the building materials will be that company’s rights, because Jakarta Provincial Government only supplies trash, including its transportation. That is why now the urban village and sub-district heads are identifying trash tonnage in their respective areas. “For me, it’s not an impossible thing to turn trash into something profitable. Like that, trash can be building materials. Organic trash can also becomes fertilizer,” he uttered.

According to Wiriyatmoko, Jakarta Cleanliness Department is currently reviewing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of this cooperation. It is hoped that the cooperation could be realized in the nearest future to resolve trash problem in the capital city.