President Jokowi launches three modern landfills in East Java

Jakarta (ANTARA) - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), on Thursday, launched the operations of three modern landfills in East Java that are expected to serve as models of urban waste management.

As monitored from a broadcast video of the Presidential Secretariat, the three landfills are the Supit Urang landfill in Malang City, the Jabon landfill in Sidoarjo, and the Banjardowo landfill in Jombang.

"There are many landfill models that are operating well. These can be models of waste management for other cities or regions that have waste problems," President Jokowi remarked at the inauguration in Malang City.

The head of state emphasized that waste is a serious problem that should be handled properly, so that it does not cause various social and health problems, including environmental pollution, water pollution, and floods.

President Jokowi said waste must be managed well and regions must have waste processing facilities with good technology to respond to the increasing volume of waste.

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"Waste management is not easy, managing one place alone is difficult, let alone a city, district, province, or even nation-wide," the president stated.

The presence of three modern waste landfills in East Java, which were built using the government budget, is expected to support waste management in each region.

President Jokowi said the Supit Urang landfill was built with a budget of Rp237 billion (US$15.2 million), with an area of 5.2 hectares and a storage capacity of 450 tons per day.

The Jabon landfill was built with a budget of Rp384 billion (US$24.7 million) on an area of 29 hectares and a waste storage capacity of 450 tons per day.

Meanwhile, the Banjardowo landfill was built with Rp203 billion (US$13 million) on an area of 4.45 hectares and a waste storage capacity of 110 tons per day.