Garbage is a problem for everyone, because it is generated every day and throughout the year. The World Bank in a report in mid-September 2019 released data on global waste production. The international financial institution claims that in 2016 there were 2.01 billion tons of waste piled up in the world. If you look at the rate of growth of Earth's population, especially urbanization growth of up to 70 percent, according to the prediction of the institute based in Washington DC, United States, in 2050 the waste generation will reach 3.4 billion tons.
For developed countries, waste has become an important part of a management and reuse industry. However, this is not the case with developing countries, where they are still experiencing difficulties in handling waste problems. The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) admits that in 2020 the total national waste production has reached 67.8 million tons. This means that around 185,753 tons of waste are produced every day by 270 million people. Or each resident produces about 0.68 kilograms of waste per day.
This figure has increased compared to previous years. In 2018 alone, national waste production has reached 64 million tons from 267 million people. In the end, this waste has contributed greatly to the increasing accumulation of piles in final disposal sites (TPA). all stakeholders in waste management are also looking for ways to continue to decompose waste. Because the view of the mountains of garbage tens of meters high does not only belong to the Cireundeu TPA, but almost occurs in TPAs throughout Indonesia. Including in Bantargebang Bekasi. The Bantargebang TPA is the largest in the country as the reservoir for the majority of the 8,000 tons of waste produced by Jakarta residents every day.
Increase Recycling
The old pattern is get-and-go, aka linear pattern. This proves that the pattern of waste management in Indonesia is outdated. The current pattern should adopt the concept of a circular economy, which is to maximize the economic value of waste by implementingreduce, reuse, recycle(3R). Although he admits that it hasn't changed, he said that there has been a movement in the adoption of circular patterns, especially in the last five years. Maximizing the formal system in waste management is urgently needed, for example through recycling and waste banks.
Waste bank management is carried out by the community either independently, in collaboration with local governments or with corporations with a corporate social responsibility (CSR) scheme. One example is carried out by the DKI Jakarta Government through Governor Regulation number 77 of 2020 concerning the Management of Community Rukun Environmental Waste (RW). "In East Jakarta, there are currently 428 RWs out of 710 RWs with active waste banks.