Waste4Change's Long Way to Fight Disposable Waste
Waste4Change was founded in 2014, has secured early-stage funding from Agaeti Ventures, East Ventures, and SMDV
As one of the most densely populated countries in the world, Indonesia is in a waste emergency position. The country is still battling plastic pollution and marine debris due to improper waste management systems. According to the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), Indonesia is only able to manage 14,58% of its waste, while most of the waste produced is not collected or disposed of in TPA (Final Disposal Sites) in 2019.
The World Bank (2021) states that Indonesia produces around 7,8 million tons of plastic waste every year and most of the waste produced is mismanaged. Alias still relies on the management of waste collection, transportation, disposal, which ultimately burdens the condition of the landfill, even though there are many materials that should be reprocessed.
For example, 70% of waste in urban areas is directly dumped into landfill, which results in overcapacity. TPA/TPST Bantar Gebang, Bekasi, for example, which covers an area of 110,3 hectares with a pile height of up to 30 meters, can only accommodate the entry of 7.000-7.500 tons of waste from DKI Jakarta residents for a maximum of three years. Other landfills also suffer the same fate, such as the Suwung landfill in Bali and the Piyugan landfill in Yogyakarta.
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