Civil Servants in Duren Sawit Collect Waste with Economic Value

The Duren Sawit District, East Jakarta, continues to intensify its waste sorting program for Civil Servants (ASN). Through this initiative, all levels of the district, urban village, and technical units are encouraged to actively sort and collect inorganic waste for recycling.

Reduce the volume of waste

The program, which has only been running for about a month, now involves Regional Apparatus Organizations (OPD), including urban village and technical units within the Duren Sawit District.

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Vice of Duren Sawit District, Andri Priwitama Maila said, inorganic waste collection is carried out routinely.

The sorting results from each agency are then weighed every two weeks before being sold to a third party, namely PT Morego at the Ciracas Plastic Recycling Center (PDUP).

"We hope this program will continue to help reduce the volume of waste dumped at the Bantar Gebang landfill," he said, Monday (11/2).

Each civil servant is targeted to collect at least 50 kilograms of inorganic waste within two weeks. Meanwhile, each urban village has a higher target of at least 550 kilograms within the same period.

"The target is adjusted based on the potential waste that the urban village can collect, not only from internal offices but also through community activities in each neighborhood. This includes inorganic waste from school canteens, which are also managed by the urban village," he added.

The types of waste targeted for sorting include cardboard, pieces of paper, mineral water bottles and glasses, plastic gallons and various other inorganic waste that still has economic value and can be recycled.

"Initially, this program only involved urban village officials. However, as it developed, the movement expanded through cross-sector collaboration, involving several technical units, such as the Water Resources Implementation Unit, Public Works, and education ranks," he explained.

He hopes that this collaboration can expand waste collection sources and build the habit of sorting waste in government areas.