Waste Management
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Govt inaugurates Central Java plant able to produce fuel from waste
Island of plastic: Goats rummage through plastic waste on Panggang Island in Thousand Islands regency, north of Jakarta. The government plans to impose a plastic bag excise tax in a bid to fight plastic pollution. (JP/Wendra Ajistyatama) Source: The Jakarta Post Date: 21 July 2020 The government inaugurated on Monday a…
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Deadline Approaching for Jakarta Waste Plants as Landfill to Reach Full Capacity in 2021
Worker operate heavy machinery at Sunter Intermediate Treatment Facility in north Jakarta last year. (Antara Photo/Aprillio Akbar) Source: Jakarta Globe Date: 27 July 2020 Jakarta’s city administration has pledged to accelerate the construction of intermediate waste treatment facilities to convert waste to energy at four locations across the capital as the…
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Plastic pollution plagues Southeast Asia amid Covid-19 lockdowns
Featured Indonesia generates 6.8 million tonnes of plastic waste each year. (Photo: EPA) Source: South China Morning Post Date: 9 August 2020 Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia have seen a surge in plastic waste as environmental awareness takes a back seat to health concerns There has been a heavy reliance on food-delivery…
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Circular Economy, A System That Can Realize Sustainable Development
Featured Illustration. The Indonesian government continues to encourage the achievement of a circular economy system. This system has the potential to realize sustainable and environmentally friendly development. (Photo by M Agung Rajasa / ANTARA FOTO) Source: Katadata Date: 26 August 2020 The Indonesian government continues to promote the realization of a…
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Companies establish organization to combat growing plastic waste
Sixty-year-old waste collector Puji Urip stands in front of burning plastic waste at an imported plastic dumpsite at Bangun village in Mojokerto, East Java on Dec. 4, 2018. Several top food and beverages companies are teaming up to improve their recycling efforts and reduce the waste they produce that pollutes…
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Semarang offers Rp 17.13t infrastructure projects to investors
Visitors walk along the Kota Lama area, among popular tourist destinations in Semarang. (Photo by Suherdjoko / JP) Source: The Jakarta Post Date: 10 September 2020 The Semarang administration offered investors five infrastructure projects worth a total of Rp 17.13 trillion (US$1.15 billion) in a business forum opened on Wednesday, as…
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Ministry seeks to strengthen waste management to drive economic growth
A screenshot of Rosa Vivien Ratnawati, director general of waste management at the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, speaking at an online press conference on National Waste Awareness Day originating from Jakarta on Thursday (February 18, 2021). Picture by Prisca Triferna / ANTARA) Source: ANTARA NewsDate: 18 February 2021 The…
