New Year Celebration, 118.8 Cubic Meters of Garbage in South Jakarta Cleared

New Year’s Eve parties in South Jakarta have left behind around 118.8 cubic meters of garbage spread across several locations throughout Jakarta.

They are assigned to clean garbage in 10 sub-districts in South Jakarta

South Jakarta Environment Sub-agency Head, Mohamad Amin said the 118.8 cubic meters of garbage were transported by 200 janitors.

"They are assigned to clean garbage in 10 sub-districts in South Jakarta," he expressed, Wednesday (1/3).

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Of the 118.8 cubic meters of garbage, 2 cubic meters were transported from Setiabudi, 10 cubic meters from Tebet, 30 cubic meters from Pancoran, 5 cubic meters from Pasar Minggu, and 12 cubic meters from Mampang Prapatan.

"Then 11 cubic meters from Kebayoran Baru, 6 cubic meters from Kebayoran Lama, 17.9 cubic meters from Jagakarsa, 24 cubic meters from Cilandak, and 0.9 cubic meters from Pesanggrahan," he explained.

Its transportation involved 10 dump trucks, 10 operational cars, and 12 street sweeper vehicles

"Most garbage transported are food containers, canned drinking bottles, and plastic. Before being disposed of at the Bantar Gebang TPST, Bekasi, the garbage collected at each depot is sorted according to its use," he said.