Jakarta Cooperates with Dutch Company to Resolve Waste Problems
20 April 2014 05:42 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Trash remains a problem in the capital city that is still not handled well. For information, Jakarta can produce up to 6,500 tons of trash a day. So, Jakarta Provincial Government needs to find solution to overcome this problem, as reported by Antara News.
Related to that, Acting City Secretary, Wiriyatmoko, revealed that currently, the Jakarta Provincial Government is working on a cooperation with a company from Netherlands to resolve trash problem in Jakarta. The company has one requirement, though. "They want us to guarantee that we can provide 2,000 tons of trash per day," he said on Saturday.
Wiriyatmoko explained this cooperation could reduce the tipping fee that paid by the city to third party in Bantar Gebang Integrated Landfill (TPST), Bekasi, West Java. At this time, the company has owned a 10-hectare wide land in Cakung, North Jakarta. "They produce building materials from trash," he explained.
Later, the building materials will be that company's rights, because the Jakarta Provincial Government only supplies trash, including its transportation. That is why now the urban village and sub-district heads are identifying trash tonnage in their respective areas. "For me, it's not an impossible thing to turn trash into something profitable. That way, trash can be turned into building materials, such as organic trash that can also becomes fertilizer," he uttered.
According to Wiriyatmoko, the Jakarta Cleanliness Department is currently reviewing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of this cooperation. It is hoped that the cooperation could be realized in the nearest future to resolve trash problem in the capital city.
ANTARA