Waste Management

in Indonesia
US State Department
Speaker Program
 Java & Bali

Jakarta  Solo  Semarang  Bali  Jakarta

 Jakarta’s Growing Up
City of over
9 million
people

Region of
30 million
people
High End Shopping Mall
Motorcycle Parking
 Meeting with:
The Indonesian Director General
of Waste and Hazardous and
Toxic Waste Management, and
Representatives of the
Indonesian Ministry of
Environment and Forestry
 Meeting with InSWA

“The Big Picture”

Richard Gertman
For Sustainability Too

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 Landfilled Wastes
• Organics: over 70%
• Plastic: over 20%
• wood, textiles, rubber, other:
<2% each
• metal – only trace amounts;
no aluminum
 Plastic Bag Tax
• To reduce plastic litter in the
environment, the government
has enacted a 200 rupiah
($0.014) tax on each bag

• May add plastic water bottles

this year
 No Collection system
No Landfill Fees
• No funding for an organized
collection system
• No Landfill fees to avoid
illegal dumping
• Individuals haul from
businesses for a fee
InSWA Meeting
Compost Demonstration Site
Compost Demo & Bag Monster
Transfer Station

small collection carts

 Transfer Station

Debris box and hand carts

Trucks Waiting to Unload
Litter Bins on Right
 Solo Town Center

Loaded Motorcycle
Dinner with Solo’s
Environmental and
Urban Development
Working Group
 Seminar on
Integrated Waste
Management
at the
Sebelas Maret
University in Solo
My Translator
Sharing My Ideas
Can We Take a Picture with You
Batik Map Presentation
Batik Map of Indonesia
Scene from Baratayuda War of Mahabharata
story, two Princes (Yudistira and Arjuna)
fighting the Kurawa.
 A Visit to the Solo Landfill
Receives 700-800 TPD
Reached capacity 17 years ago
Cows get to eat all they want and are not
eaten
Solo Landfill Office
Decomposed Garbage & Plastics
Semarang
 Semarang
• Semarang was a key port city to
the Dutch East Indies Company.
These pictures are of the Main
headquarters building and
Railway Station in Semarang
• Rail lines were built into the
interior of Central Java from here.
Lawang Sewu
 Seminar on a
Low Carbon Economy
at the
Diponegoro
University in Semarang
A Low Carbon Economy
 Seminar on
Integrated Waste
Management
at the
American Corner
Islamic State University
in Semarang
Samerang
 Sam Poo Kong Temple
• The oldest Chinese Temple in
Semarang

• Originally established by the

Chinese explorer, Admiral
Zheng He around 1400.
Sam Poo Kong
Gedung Batu Temple
The Three Temples
@ the Bali Airport
Dry – Recycle – Wet
Maya Resort Bali
Meetings with the:
• Bali Provincial Government
Environmental Agency; and
• City of Dempasar Interior and
Cleanliness Office
Presentations on ‘Beyond
Garbage’ and ‘Sustainable
Organic Solutions’
 Bali Landfill

Pig Farm

Housing
Chopping Food for Pigs
Pig Farm
Pig Farm
 Restaurant Owners and Managers
Association Meeting on Bali
• Almost all of the major restaurants,
especially the ones at the Resorts
and Hotels, separate food scraps
from other wastes.
• Hotels pay ‘workers’ to haul trash
away in carts pulled by people,
bicycles or motorcycles
• Haulers have only one ‘compartment’
in their cart, and only one place to
take the wastes.
Bali Public Art
 InSWA All Day Workshop
Discussion and Presentations to
City of Jakarta city staff from
multiple departments, and four
non-governmental agencies
 @America
• Presentation to 150 college
students from three universities
in Jakarta; and
• Interviews by 4 media outlets
(Print and Television)
Crossing the
Dateline