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E-book Waste Management in Indonesia and Jakarta : Challenges and Way Forward
Worldwide waste quantity continues to increase, leading to the escalation of environmental problems. Waste is an important source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, contributing 3.2% of the total GHG emissions worldwide. Indonesia has also been encountering pressing problems with regards to the management of solid waste. Along with the increasing urbanisation, major urban centres in Indonesia produce up to 8 million tonnes of waste per day. Greenhouse gas emission from these waste place Indonesia as the world’s third-largest emitter in the waste sector. Waste management shall consider both the end-users (i.e. waste generators such as households) who need to reduce waste generation as well as end-of-pipe solutions through the application of advanced solid waste management (SWM) systems/technologies. The government is responsible to optimise end-of-pipe solutions by: a)
enforcing at-sources segregation, b) enacting waste policy, c) adjusting local budgets to cover waste management costs, c) upgrading waste collection, and d) applying advanced SWM system as appropriate. The public can also reduce the production of waste in the first place by conducting at source sorting (i.e. segregating recyclables and organic waste), composting, and being actively involved in waste banks.
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