WHILE, Waspada.co.id – The Gerindra Party faction hopes that waste management in Medan will improve in the future with the amendment to Medan City Regional Regulation (Perda) Number 6 of 2015 concerning Waste Management.
This hope was conveyed by the Gerindra Party Faction in its opinion delivered by spokesperson Jaya Saputra, at the plenary session for the ratification of the Amendment to Medan City Regional Regulation Number 6 of 2015 concerning Waste Management, Monday (9/9).
The plenary session was led by Medan City DPRD Chairman Hasyim together with Deputy Chairman Ihwan Ritonga and HT Bahrumsyah. Present at that time were Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution, Acting Regional Secretary Topan OP Ginting, all members of Medan City DPRD and leaders of Medan City Government OPDs.
Article 44 paragraph 2 of Law Number 18 of 2008 concerning Waste Management, said Jaya, clearly states that regional governments must close final waste disposal sites (TPA) using an open dumping system no later than 5 years from the time the law comes into effect.
In fact, said Jaya, currently there are still many local governments that have not closed the open dumping model TPA and replaced it with the Sanitary Landfill or Control Landfill model. “The main reason is the limited human resources and funds,” he said.
This condition was directly acknowledged by the Directorate of Settlement Environmental Health (PLP) of the Ministry of Public Works. “The Ministry of Public Works acknowledged that most TPAs are still operated by open dumping. In fact, it was stated that 90 percent of TPAs still practice open dumping due to limited human resources and funds,” he said.
The problem of waste management in Indonesia, Jaya added, is seen from several indicators. Namely the high amount of waste produced, the still low level of waste management, the limited number of final waste disposal sites and waste management institutions and cost issues.
According to estimates from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), Jaya continued, the amount of waste in 2020 in 384 cities in Indonesia reached 80,235.87 tons per day. Of the waste produced, an estimated 4.2 percent will be transported to the landfill. As much as 37.6 percent is burned, 4.9 percent is dumped into rivers and around 53.3 percent is not handled. “Of the approximately 53.3 percent of unhandled waste, it is disposed of in an unsanitary manner,” he explained.
From the various explanations, said Jaya, the Gerindra Party Faction hopes that the Medan City Government will provide education and socialization of the revision of the Waste Management Bylaw continuously to the community, in order to encourage a change in mindset that often litters. “For school programs, maybe it can be done starting from elementary and junior high school levels as the formation of awareness of clean living from an early age,” he suggested.
The Gerindra Party faction, said Jaya, supports the Medan City Government’s program to change the waste management system from open dumping to sanitary landfill. To the Environmental Service, continued Jaya, it is hoped that it can utilize or reduce 25 percent of the 2,000 tons of waste by the community through collaboration with Bank BNI Region 01 and PT Pos Indonesia which has launched a movement to save waste in school waste banks. “This can later help reduce waste to the TPA,” he concluded. (wol/mrz/d2)
Editor: Rizki Palepi
2024-09-09 16:19:25