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Kupilah*, Strategy for

Jakarta Waste Problem

*) Kurangi, Pilih, Olah – Reduce, Sort, Recycle

Waste management from the sources become a new
concept in our capital city of Jakarta.

ewi Wulandari, a young mother living early as possible. She, who earned degree in
at Cakung, East Jakarta, patiently education, wanted her children to be wise in
D explained the meaning of the colors managing their waste in the future.
of each trash bin at the corner of her house
to her toddler: the green one is for easy to For a city as big and congested as Jakarta,
decompose waste like food waste, grass, waste management has always been a major
leaves and such. The yellow one is for non- issue to address. From the data of Jakarta
organic waste such as plastic, glass and Environment Agency, waste production in
cans. While the red one is for hazardous and the city has reached 7,400 tons per day.
toxic waste (B3 waste) like used batteries, During Ramadan, total of waste generated
detergents, insect repellent and its kinds. was even higher by 20%. 60 percent of it
Dewi said it is important to make her came from residential areas, which covered
children aware of waste management as 2,742 community units (RW), with most of the

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