TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan planned to impose economic disincentives on companies that do not manage their waste in a bid to reduce waste shipments from the capital city to the Bantargebang Integrated Waste Treatment Site (TPST) in Bekasi City.

“Pak Governor will impose other disincentives, for example, higher taxes for companies that do not sort waste in their area,” said Head of the Jakarta Environmental Agency Asep Kuswanto, in Jakarta, Thursday, June 23, 2022.

However, Asep did not detail the tax increase, including the period of the sanction, as it is still being discussed by the city administration. The plan, he added, was a follow-up to the Gubernatorial Regulation No. 102 of 2021 on waste management obligations in the area and companies which is valid in June 2022.

The Environmental Agency recorded that 3,352 companies and areas have registered environmental permits. Of the figure, only 561 companies have a waste management system executed by 61 licensed waste transport service providers.

The average amount of waste produced by those companies reached 1,382 tons per day. “The garbage is still sent to Bantargebang landfill,” Asep added.

Additionally, of the total 3,352 companies, only three companies managed and sorted waste in tandem with private partners. “As the waste will no longer be picked up by DLH, the area managers or companies must cooperate with the cleaning service. Otherwise, it will provide them economic disincentive,” Asep said.

Jakarta’s waste transported to Bantargebang TPST amounted to around 7,500-7,800 tons per day, while the landfill's capacity is getting to shrink over years.

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