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The Jakarta Post Jakarta is not only dumping its trash at the Bantargebang dump in Bekasi; the city is also stashing ticking time bombs. Two scavengers were killed at the dump in September when mountains of Jakarta's trash collapsed. For the past 17 years the Bantargebang dump has been the main drop off point for Jakarta's garbage, with about 6,000 tons of garbage arriving every day. Most of the 125-hectare dump is located on land owned by the Jakarta administration, while 17 hectares belongs to Bekasi. |
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Sukunan Village Most of us think garbage is dirty, unusable and better left for others to deal with. Deanne Whitfield visits a Central Java village to see how one man’s example is helping change that perception. Waste disposal is not only an ongoing and pressing issue in urban areas, but also affects rural regions. Lacking a workable waste management system at the national level, the government response to waste disposal still involves the removal of garbage from one place to another, which creates its own set of problems at teeming landfills. Apart from the dated government educational campaign slogan of “buang sampah pada tempatnya” (throw away rubbish in its place), dissemination of information and education on waste disposal and recycling has for the most part been left to NGOs and local administrations. |
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By Richel Dursin
JAKARTA, Jun 11 (IPS) - Every morning, visitors would troop into the house of 73-year-old Harini Bambang Wahono in Banjarsari, south of the capital, and she would train them how to manage their household wastes.
"Just remember the 4Rs," Wahono tells her visitors, referring to "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Replant.''
For eight years now, Wahono has been conducting trainings for teachers, students, local officials, housewives, scavengers and street children on waste management.
"It has become a service," says Wahono, a former schoolteacher and mother of four.
Her years of hard work seem to have paid off. At present, Banjarsari is considered as an environmental friendly village and the government plans to promote it as a tourist destination.
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