According to Antara News, Ni Made Armadi, the head of the Bali Provincial Forestry and Environment Agency’s Waste Management (UPTD) asked the public to try to reduce waste or process it independently so as not to add to the burden on the final disposal sites.
Armadi said that only residual waste should be disposed of at the Sarbagita Regional Final Disposal Site (TPA) in Suwung, Denpasar, but in reality, the waste that is disposed of is still in an unsorted condition and the amount continues to increase.
“The amount of waste entering the Suwung TPA ranges from 1,000 to 1,500 tons per day and the current condition of the TPA is over capacity,” said Armadi when he was a resource person in the Regional Representative Council (DPD) member Made Mangku Pastika, reports Antara News.
The recess activity entitled “Waste Problems: Challenges and Solutions” also presented speakers from the Head of Waste Management and B3 Waste of the Denpasar City Environmental and Sanitation Service (DLHK) Ketut Adi Wiguna and the Badung Regency DLHK. I Made Suana.
Armadi added that with the presence of Integrated Waste Processing Sites (TPST) and Reuse, Reduce, and Recycle Waste Processing Sites (TPS3R) in regencies/cities, the waste entering the TPA should be reduced, but in fact it always increases.
“The regulations are complete, but the implementation in the field is often not appropriate. In addition, we are also faced with limited budgets and personnel,” said Armadi, who has been working at the Suwung TPA for dozens of years, says Antara News.
According to him, it will be effective if the waste problem can be handled starting at the household level. “It is important for public awareness to be responsible for the waste produced, as well as reducing the volume of waste by eating enough and not wasting food. There are people who think that when they have paid, why should they sort the waste again,” he said.
Armadi said that for waste management solutions other than from households, it is also necessary to build an incinerator at the TPS3R which is environmentally friendly to resolve waste on site, adding that “The Bali Provincial Government and the district/city governments throughout Bali must prepare budget support through the APBN and APBD in waste management efforts,” according to Antara News.
Meanwhile, Member of the Regional Representative Council (DPD) Made Mangku Pastika said that to overcome the waste problem in Bali, honesty is needed, nothing is covered up, so that a solution can be found.
According to him, waste processing at the Suwung TPA can also be a “source of money”. Tipping fees for every ton could be charged, for example, IDR 100,000. In addition, the results of waste processing can be converted into electrical energy or other products with economic value.
“With a clean environment, it will also support tourism, which will ultimately also bring in money,” said the former Governor of Bali for two terms.
According to Pastika, when he was still governor, there were already 53 investors interested in managing the Suwung TPA. It’s just that at that time there was no agreement from the district/city government regarding the tipping fee and it was also hampered by the height of the chimney. In fact, at that time a team had also been sent to study waste processing in South Korea.
Head of Waste Management and B3 Waste at the Denpasar City Environment and Sanitation Service (DLHK), Ketut Adi Wiguna, said that the volume of waste in Denpasar City per day reached 980 tons, with a composition of 70 percent organic waste and 30 percent inorganic waste, according to reporting from Antara News, who adds that waste management in Denpasar has been carried out through socialization efforts, optimization of waste self-management, formation of waste banks, piloting the Teba Modern program which is prioritized in temple areas, waste processing through 24 TPS 3R and also building three TPSTs, namely in Kesiman Kertalangu, Padangsambian Kaja, and Tahura Ngurah Rai.
It’s just that waste that has been successfully processed by third parties for one TPST is still far from the target, not reaching 60 percent. Even TPST Tahura has been closed because there is no machine.
Meanwhile, Made Suana from the Badung Regency DLHK said that the amount of waste generated in Badung Regency per day reaches 534.8 tons. Waste per capita has also increased from 0.57 kg per day to 0.91 kg per day, says Antara News.
He said that there are a number of challenges in waste management in Badung Regency, namely the weak responsibility for managing TPS3R and waste banks and the low absorption of waste processing products by buyers in Java.
In Badung, there are 160 waste banks and 41 TPS3R. In addition, it is planned to add six to eight incinerators in PDU Mengwitani and there are plans to build TPST in the Canggu area, says Antara News.
Source: Antara News
