2025 Clean-from-Waste Indonesia

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Waste in Numbers
Numbers could be boring, but it is necessary for us to get an overview of today’s waste
management condition in Indonesia.
According to a 2015 study held by the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry
(KLHK), people in Jakarta generate one hundred seventy five thousand175,000 tons of
waste every day. From all of that waste, only 7,5% is recycled, 5% is burned, 8,5% is
unmanaged, 10% is buried, and the rest of 69% is accumulated in the landfill. That
means, there are one hundred twenty thousand seven hundred fifty tons 120,750 tons
of waste piling up on our earth every day in Jakarta, and only threrty thousand
onehundred twentyfive 13,125 tons of it are reprocessed into useful items.
Another interesting number, we are crowned as the 1st runner-up in the list of countries
with the most marine plastic debris (according to a study by Jenna Jambeck which
published in 2015).
Learning From the Best
The waste problem is everyone’s battle to fight. Every single person in this planet –from
young to old, rich to poor, novice to expert– needs to contribute in some way in order to
make things right.
Seeing how Germans and South Koreans path their way to becoming one of the world’s
role models for the best waste management system, we could learn that any kind of
brave initiative to promote responsible behavior is important, but a firm support from
every part of the community, especially the government, is deadly crucial.
Germany has initialized their Waste Management Law in nineteen seventytwo1972, and
now, they’re the leading nation in the recycling sector, succeeded in diverting almost
57% of their waste from the landfill.
South Korea inaugurated their Volume-Based Waste Disposal System Law in nineteen
seventyfive1995. This country has proven that with tough determination and full
integrity, a country could change how its people act and think about waste in less than a
decade. Their “pay as you trash” law might sound too harsh for some people, but it
turned out to be very effective in reducing waste, particularly food waste.
There are more countries with a great waste management system that we all could
learn from. Japanese with their strict garbage collecting schedule which now was also
implemented in several places in Hong Kong. The government of India has come up
with a new idea to tackle their e-waste problem. Good news also comes from Kenya
with their single-use plastic ban.
Government interventions are needed to create some massive changes. That’s why the
Indonesian National Strategy Policy (Jakstranas) on Managing and Reducing Waste
which is stated in Indonesian President Regulation No. 97/2017 is something that we all
Indonesians ought to support.
What the Regulation is all about?
Indonesian President Regulation No. 97/2017 is a roadmap towards the “2025
Cleanfrom-Waste Indonesia” (Indonesia Bersih Sampah 2025). The Indonesian
government is continually establishing and polishing a model plan in order to:
1) reduce 30% of the country’s waste (from the waste source generation)
2) process and manage at least 70% of the coutry’s waste in order to avoid it from
being accumulated in the landfill
3) all are expected to be achieved in the year 2025.
The President Regulation is more like a formal order that needs to be fulfilled and
obeyed by every region. Every region in Indonesia is expected to create their own
Regional Strategy Policy (Jakstrada) in order to achieve the 2025 Clean-from-Waste
Indonesia goals. The Indonesian government will be monitoring the process of plan
establishment and the carrying of it, and the evaluation will be done periodically in order
to make the program a success.