Partial Solution of Waste Problems

Several provinces are using refuse-derived fuel (RDF) technology as an alternative solution to reduce trash. Some see it as a false promise of a solution.

Irsyan Hasyim

February 27, 2023

TWO basins slated to become trash landfills appear to be in a state of neglect. Tarpaulins lining the sides are in tatters and the base of the landfill area is covered with weeds. Those basins located at the Lulut Nambo Regional Final Waste Treatment and Processing Site (TPPAS) in Klapanunggal, Bogor Regency, West Java, cover six hectares and four hectares respectively, with a depth of four meters. “These two landfills were dug out in 2015,

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