As many as 50 residents of Karet Tengsin Urban Village, Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, participated Governor Regulation No 77/2020 about Guidance on the Implementation of Waste Management at Neighborhood Unit, Wednesday (5/29).

also be held to other seven sub-districts

Central Jakarta City Planning and Environment Division Head, Martua Sitorus, the program participated by RW caretaker and RW's Waste Management of Karet Tengsin Urban Village was held at RPTRA Segar Berseri.

According to Martua, apart from providing information about regulations, this outreach is also an effort to increase residents' awareness of managing waste from home.

"The socialization will also be held to other seven sub-districts," he said.

Martua hopes that through this socialization, the percentage of waste management in the household will continue to increase.

Meanwhile, Central Jakarta Environment Sub-agency Head, Slamet Riyadi, stated the percentage of households sorting waste in the Tanah Abang Sub-district area is currently only around 23 percent.

He requests BPS RW to be more massively attracting residents to sorting waste in order to decrease waste volume transported to Bantar Gebang Dump Site, Bekasi.

"I hope every house is able to sorting waste," he stated.