The Jakarta Recycle Center's waste management program to sort plastic waste, food waste to glass an function of reduce- reuse, recycle are experiencing obstacles. Head of DKI Jakarta Environment Agency Andono Warih stated that Jakarta residents are less active in the waste management program within the Rukun Warga (RW) scope.

Andono said there were various reasons for the waste recycling program being underdeveloped, for example related to facilities and infrastructure as well as assistance. "Participation in sorting waste by residents has experienced fluctuations in activity, Andono said in Jakarta, Friday, October 16, 2020.

The Governor of DKI Jakarta, Anies Baswedan emphasized that waste management requires a change in people's mindset. A change in the mindset that the city does not just look clean and tidy by sending waste to the Bantargebang , but changes people's behavior in managing waste.

We have to start waste reduction activities with 3R activities (reduce - reduce, reuse - reuse, recycle - recycle), "said Anies.

In addition to inviting residents to change their behavior towards waste, the Jakarta of Government is also conducting groundbreaking to establish a waste processing facility in the city, or an Intermediate Treatment Facility which is targeted to be completed in 2022.

In fact, the Intermediate Treatment Facility (ITF) project is one of the largest waste processing facilities in the world, because it is able to process 2,200 tons of waste. For this reason, the Jakarta Provincial Government is aggressively pursuing the construction of four ITF units

With four ITF we can replace Bantargebang's position because we feel that Bantargebang has reached its maximum capacity, and it seems too dangerous if we only rely on Bantargebang, "said Anies.

Reporter : Lissa

Source : https://www.merdeka.com/jakarta/sampah-jakarta-bikin-resah.html