Jakarta Asks to Apply Integrated Trash Transporting System
3 February 2017 07:04 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Jakarta Provincial Government requested to apply integrated trash transporting system like in Japan and Singapore.
Moreover, trash management with this system is not applied in other big cities yet.
"Maybe Jakarta could become a city role that applied this integrated trash transporting system," said Tuti Hendrawati Mintarsih, General Director of Trash Management, Waste, and Dangerous Toxic Materials (B3) in Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) at City Hall, Thursday (2/2).
She added that the biggest challenge in City as a capital is have to be the nation's mirror and an entrance to all countries. This makes City have a huge workload and responsibility.
"Of course KLHK ready to support whatever City do," she added.
She also appreciates the City's Living Environment Dept.'s work which quite successful to clean city from trash and arrange rivers and rivulets in city.
"Another challenge for Jakarta is how to make river water quality is appropriate in accordance to what is has been determined," she closed.
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