Ideas for Jakarta Waste Management


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 waste management as of now is unsustainable and needs to be solved from grassroots level and up to government regulations.
According to Richard Gertman, owner of consulting firm For Sustainability Too, plastic contributes to more than 20% of landfilled waste in Jakarta. In a journal by Putri, Fujimori and Takaoka (2018), each month a scavenger in Jakarta recovers 239 kg of plastic waste and each waste bank recovers 260 kg and using a material flow analysis, the rate of plastic recycled was determined as 24%. Thus, one way in which we can manage waste is through plastic waste management. At the grassroots level, plastic recycling can be encouraged through the use of incentive and a simpler, more accessible platform to recycle can also be provided. Many people tend to not recycle as it is a hassle to do so, and by providing a place near their homes that collects their recyclable will overcome accessibility hurdles. Moreover, education can and should be given to residents about the proper way of recycling – washing, identification, sorting. Many people who are willing and eager to recycle are still doing it wrong, and this can also contribute to rejected plastic waste which could be recycled and end up as landfilled waste.
Another data obtained by Gertman showed that organics contribute to over 70% of landfilled waste. Hence at a macro governmental level, regulations and initiatives can be done to collect these organic waste and recycling them into fertilisers or other productive materials. When it is encouraged and promoted by the governments, it is hoped that it will reach the grassroots level as well. Households are one of the main sources of organic waste from food, and hence food waste management is vital to start from there.
Waste management is a big issue which will have a long-term impact on the environment and the city, yet also requires a long-term solution. Short-term initiatives will not be enough. Governments can implement more infrastructure for recycling plants and centres for plastics and organics to promote and reduce landfilled wastes which could be put to more productive use, as well as avoid future landfill crisis.

Gustiaulia Nabila
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https://en.tempo.co/read/1230570/anies-baswedan-acknowledges-jakartas-poor-waste-management
https://waste4change.com/official/
https://www.pwc.com/id/en/media-centre/infrastructure-news/july-2019/jakarta-provincial-govt-proposes.html
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10163-018-0753-2
https://www.sccgov.org/sites/rwr/rwrc/tac/Documents/Indonesia%20Trip-Richard%20Gertman%20Presentation.pdf

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