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There have been decades of debates and planning whether we should move Indonesia’s capital city ever since Soekarno’s era. President Jokowi’s decision to move the capital city to East Kalimantan has been announced in April. Since then, it has invited plenty of discussion among all of us. A question that often arises: Are we also moving the problem to the jungle then? Will it be effective?  According to TheConversation, the new capital city will be designed as a government centre and be separate from the business centre. This concept is the same as in Australia, with Canberra and Sydney, and Malaysia, with Putra Jaya and Kuala Lumpur. Going ahead on the argumentation; why should we move? First of all, the government proposed a reason; and its because they want to balance out a Java-centric development. The second reason is overpopulation. Now overpopulation can cause more critical problems such as waste problem & traffic. Traffic congestion in Jakarta results in...

Should we really move the capital city? There has been an emerging issue about the Government’s plan to move the capital city of Indonesia from Jakarta to East Kalimantan. Specifically, in between two regions, Kutai Kartanegara and Penajam Paser Utara. This relocation plan has been decided and announced to the public by President of Republic Indonesia, Joko Widodo itself. The reason behind this relocation as what the president said, is because of the given load from the economic matters of Indonesia to Java Island and Jakarta as the central Government, fundamental business place, and the central of economic are already heavy and complex enough, cited from Kompas.com. Based on what the President said, I personally think he has a right point that Jakarta is already overburden. There are also pros and cons about this plan whereas some people think it is the right choice, but some people think that this is such a waste of time and cost.  From my point of view, I am more towa...

Resolvent of Jakarta’s Waste Issue By: Raina Safa – 1806240914 Jakarta as one of the mist crowded city in the world, produce a lot of waste. Due to the lack of land availability, it is important to have a good waste management system.   The first way of managing waste is through recycling. Recycling is the act of reusing or repurposing an item to extend the use of the product. An example of this would be pencil case made of thrown away household plastics, such as sunlight. Recycling could also be done to other items. For instance, paper, cardboard, boxes or even clothing. Doing this could really reduce the number of waste and help managing it. Another way to manage waste is through separating trash bins. We could separate trash bin the type of the waste, such as wet, dry or recyclable. There is also another separation of waste such as plastic, paper or can. By doing this, it could ease the process processing the waste and further help recycling. For exam...

When criticised by a member of Jakarta Regional Representative Council (DPRD) commission on development, Anies Baswedan, Jakarta Governor, responded saying that he had a roadmap to waste management based on past administrators’ failure to manage the city’s waste and environmental concerns. Despite this, there has been no clear roadmap announced or introduced. Waste management in Jakarta is a pressing issue. Indonesia is ranked second (after China) in the world as the highest plastic waste contributor in the ocean. Daily, an estimated 7,200 tons of waste from Jakarta is sent to tempat pengelolaan sampah terpadu (TPST) in Bantar Gebang, and offices are the second largest contributors (27%). The issue was even brought up during a DPRD meeting which seeks to revise Local Regulation Number 3 of 2013 about Waste Management. As of July, the TPST has accumulated around 80% of the maximum capacity of 49 million tons of waste it can accommodate, hence currently it is evident that Jakarta’s w...

Waste Management in Indonesia Information sign are signs that inform and guide people about particular things (e.g. stop sign, no smoking sign, and so on) and can be easily found in anywhere; schools, offices, or even in a bus. However, there’s one particular sign that draws my attention, which is the ‘please throw away your trash in the trash can only’ sign. Because every time I see the sign, or other similar signs, a question popped up in my head: Where does the trash go next after being thrown in the trash can? There is only one answer for the question: landfill. Landfill is the core of management waste in every nation. This is due to the fact that it is the home for all the nation’s household waste. After being thrown away in the trash can, trash will be picked up by workers using a big trash truck. Then, they will dump the trash in landfills. As the circumstance occurs every day, trash becomes endless growing mountains in landfills. According to the Ministry of Environm...