Waste Management in Indonesia



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 Environment and Forestry, workers transmit 6,500 tons of trash every day to Bantar Gebang landfill (Jakarta’s landfill). Hence, landfill doesn’t solve problem for the nation’s waste, but it causes another one.

Trash that lies in landfills creates never-ending problems for neighbouring areas. For individuals who live near landfill sites, the unpleasant smell of trash is inevitable. Some residents sometimes choose not to go home because the smell gets worse. In addition to that, ground water and surface water around landfill sites can no longer be used by residents. That’s because water that filtered through landfills or flow to the near stream is contaminated with lethal chemicals. Therefore, residents have to buy gallons of water for showering, drinking, and so on.

The environment and forestry ministry has done numerous methods to solve the problem, from implementing ‘bank sampah’ or garbage bank (i.e. residents collect trash and sell it to trash collectors) to simply giving ‘uang bau’ or ‘smelly money’ as compensation for individuals who live near landfill sites. But none of them works in solving this never-ending problem. So, as the future of the nation, what solutions do you have for Indonesia’s waste management?  

Nadhifa Rahadianingtyas
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