TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The number one environmental problem in any urban area is waste management, which is why Jakarta will attempt to turn it into energy through a waste generated power plant. The plant will be established in Sunter, North Jakarta.
Maritime Sovereignty Coordination Deputy, Arif Havas Oegroseno, said that the Ministry of Maritime Affairs is set to build the waste plant in Sunter. Although he isn’t sure when the facility would be built.
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“We’ll build one for starters, the plant would produce electricity from 2,000 tons of urban waste. It will be able to generate 60 MW of electricity,” said Arif Havas on Tuesday, June 11.
The program, according to Havas, is inspired by major cities in countries such as Sweden, Norway, and Denmark that are already practicing the environmentally friendly project.
“Norway is the frontrunner in environmental concerns, Denmark has even imported waste from France,” said Havas. Closer to home, Asian countries such as Singapore has already established five waste plants.
The emissions produced by waste plants, according to Havas, is not more than a tenth of the pollution produced during a new years’ eve celebration.
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Previously, the Supreme Court (MA) granted citizen’s plea to cancel the President’s Regulation No 18 on the accelerated construction of waste generated power plants in Jakarta, Tangerang , Bandung, Semarang, Surakarta, Surabaya, and Makassar under the assumption that such power plants would not be environmentally friendly.
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