Integrated Waste Management Facility

Assalamualaikum

The Government of Sidoarjo Regency, East Java, wants each village to have an integrated waste treatment facility (TPST) so that the volume of waste that enters the landfill decreases.

"Because at the TPST the garbage will be selected, processed, before finally being sent to a landfill," said Sidoarjo Deputy Regent Nur Ahmad Syaifuddin after receiving a visit from the German Delegation in Sidoarjo on Thursday.

"By processing it first, the amount of waste can be reduced by up to 60 percent before it is sent to the Final Disposal Site (TPA)," said Nur Ahmad, who is usually called Cak Nur.

He said that Sidoarjo Regency now only has 136 TPST, not yet half of the number of villages around 350.

According to him, the regional government has planned the construction of TPST in each village since last year, but has not been able to realize this year.

"The reason from the village government is having difficulty in obtaining land that will be used as a garbage collection place," he said.

He also explained that the German Delegation visited Sidoarjo to discuss cooperation in handling waste with the Sanitary Landfill system at the TPA in Jabon Sidoarjo.

"Currently the construction process is underway and it is expected that by 2020 it can be operated immediately," he said.

Tutuk Ekawati as a companion to Emission Reduction in Cities - Solid Waste Management (ERIC-SWM) said that he was tasked with supporting efforts to increase the capacity of waste management, starting from building community awareness to sort waste from the house to training on its management.

"We are working with the Department of Environment and Hygiene in Sidoarjo Regency. The aim is to implement a government regulation that states that waste entering the landfill is only 30 percent by 2025," he said.

Waalaikumsallam Wr Wb