Blots on the Landscape

Seven SOEs are considered a failure in waste management. Cost difficulty and weak control have made their rating poor.

August 30, 2005

THE front wall of Suharnis house is full of cracks. Her neighbors, also living in Gatak, Blabak village, Mungkid district, Magelang regency, Central Java, have the same experience. They have even replaced their broken glass due to tremors caused by the factory of PT Kertas Blabak, not far from the local peoples settlement.

When the rainy season comes, the plants waste water overflows its pond and fills up the drain in front of her home. It stinks

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