It is time to move toward actualization of the people's productivity through waste management, prevention, and control that could offer concrete contribution for the development of the people's welfare
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Environment and Forestry Affairs Ministry has encouraged citizens to increase their role in waste management and climate change mitigation.

"It is time to move toward actualization of the people's productivity through waste management, prevention, and control that could offer concrete contribution for the development of the people's welfare," Deputy Minister of Environment and Forestry Affairs Alue Dohong stated at the commemoration of National Waste Care Day (HPSN) 2022 here on Monday.

Dohong highlighted the crucial role of waste management in mitigating climate change and its impacts.

The process of waste decomposition and waste incineration emitted greenhouse gases that trapped solar heat energy in the earth's atmosphere and caused the earth's temperature to rise.

Without proper management, greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, produced by the garbage would evaporate and increase the earth's temperature, he stated.

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According to Dohong, methane produced from waste decomposition can be used as an alternative energy in a bid to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

He emphasized the importance of systematic waste management to reduce greenhouse gases.


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The government has continued to promote the practices of reuse, reduce, and recycle in waste management, he affirmed.

In the commemoration of HPSN 2022, the ministry has synergized three main programs in climate change mitigation: waste management, emission reduction and the establishment of climate village.

Through the program of Climate Village (Proklim), the government has encouraged the people's involvement in the efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change that also covered the management of solid and liquid waste.


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