Harrowing Rubbish in Rivers

BPPT researchers have created an automatic river-garbage cleaner. It is cheaper and more efficient.

February 24, 2010

DO you know how much garbage Jakarta residents produce in a day? Don’t be surprised. This metropolis records 6,663 tons or 27,996 cubic meters of garbage daily. If the rubbish is gathered for two days, its height and width are equivalent to Borobudur Temple. Within one year, there will be at least 175 garbage hills as tall and wide as the Buddhist temple. Part of the total waste production, around 1,800 tons, is haphazardly dumped into rivers f

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