Environment Agency - BEM UI Collaborates on Jakarta Waste Awareness Program
Reported by Aldi Geri Lumban Tobing | Translated by Nugroho Adibrata
The Environment Department of the University of Indonesia (UI) Student Executive Board (BEM) is collaborating with the Jakarta Environment Agency in the Jakarta Waste Awareness (JSS) program.
We want to produce more long-term output
Environment Department BEM UI 2025 Head, Maisya Almas Kuminar said JSS could be a forum for cross-sector collaboration for sustainable waste management, including the involvement of universities.
"By doing so, the BEM can run the Tri Dharma of Higher Education, as it includes elements of innovation and research, education, and community outreach," she expressed, Friday (3/7).
Rano Calls on People to Manage Waste Wisely at Trash Fest 2025Previously, her party had run the JSS program in 2023, such as providing education in 16 RW in four sub-districts in Jakarta and more than 2,000 houses had received education through events held.
In 2024, door-to-door education was also done in 413 houses in 10 RWs in Lenteng Agung. As a result, 2,825 kilograms of waste were successfully sorted and collected in August 2024.
"We want to produce more long-term output through capacity building or education, and innovation through pyrolysis machines to process plastic waste into fuel oil (BBM)," she explained.
Jakarta Environment Agency Head, Asep Kuswanto, appreciated the steps of the BEM UI Environmental Department which cares about waste awareness education, as well as the implementation of waste management through the three main pillars of JSS, namely Reduce, Sort and Process.
According to him, this program is a good collaboration forum between students, universities and the government in realizing a cleaner and greener Jakarta through awareness in utilizing waste better.
To support this collaboration, his party would provide educational reinforcement during capacity building through speakers or experts who are experts in waste management, and educational assistance for the JSS BEM UI program committee, including volunteers in going into the field.
"Hopefully, this movement can spread the community and even individuals to reduce waste by using environmentally friendly products, getting used to sorting waste and processing waste according to its type," he stated.
