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A Different Way in Besides composting, maggot
Handling Waste culture could be a new, effective
way to handle organic waste.
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The man who man-
ages maggot houses
in Gondangdia
Tengah village are
looking for maggot
larvas on a wire
nets.
Credits
Safran H.
ousehold waste management Composting became the most or maggot.
is the most crucial part for popular way to handle those organ- Hadi Rahadja, one of the pioneers
HJakarta’s source of waste re- ic haousehold waste everywhere, in- of Samtama (Sampah Tanggung Jaw-
duction program, as 61% of the total cluding in Jakarta. This rather easy to ab Bersama) program who is also cul-
waste in Jakarta came from the resi- recycle waste will be stored in com- tivating maggot, said that the use of
dential areas. poster bins to turn them into organ- maggots in Jakarta became popular
The amount and composition of ic fertilizer. It will take three to four for the last two years. It was started
the household waste depends on their months to composting. in Cempaka Putih Timur village, Cen-
consumption pattern. Generally, 60- Besides composting, the provin- tral Jakarta. “People start to do this
75% of the waste were organic: such cial government of Jakarta (Pemprov everywhere now, including in West Ja-
as food, vegetables and fruit residues. DKI) are currently developing a new karta,” he said.
The rest was the anorganic waste like decomposition method for organic Maggot is a soft-bodied larva of
plastic containers or plastic bottles. waste, using Black Soldier Fly (BSF) black solder flies or flower larva, with
