Efforts to reduce organic waste can be made using various methods, one of which is the biopore (method). We will utilize the 2022 budget amendment to fund the programYogyakarta (ANTARA) - The Yogyakarta City Environment Service continues to reduce organic waste at the Piyungan Landfill Waste through the application of biopore method initiated by a waste bank.
"Efforts to reduce organic waste can be made using various methods, one of which is the biopore (method). We will utilize the 2022 budget amendment to fund the program," Head of the Yogyakarta Environment Service Sugeng Darmanto noted here, Monday.
According to Darmanto, the reduction in organic waste with the biopore method will be carried out on a household basis, starting from waste bank customers.
The biopore will be placed near the kitchen to collect organic waste to be directed into the biopore hole and will be processed into compost.
"It will no longer go to the Piyungan Landfill Waste," Darmanto stated.
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Based on the data, out of 360 tons of waste coming from Yogyakarta to the Piyungan Landfill on a daily basis, some 60 percent is organic waste largely constituting kitchen waste.
Apart from the biopore method, management efforts to reduce organic waste can be made in various ways, such as composter, kitchen scraps collection, and the use of maggots.
In the 2022 budget amendment, the Yogyakarta City Environment Service will also strengthen organic waste processing facilities at the Nitikan 2 Temporary Waste Disposal Site to be equalized with Nitikan 1.
Meanwhile, in 2023, the Yogyakarta City Environment Service plans a budget allocation to support urban villages in processing waste, with each village receiving Rp15 million.
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“The funds can be used to treat waste with methods that are adapted to conditions in each region. Not all regions are suitable for one type of organic waste processing method,” Darmanto added.
However, the environment service will pursue the use of public open space as a location for organic waste processing.
"Area in Yogyakarta is limited, so we will utilize every corner to process organic waste management," he stated.
Darmanto later noted that if the program is successful, then the funding to finance waste management at Piyungan Landfill Waste can be reduced.
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Translator: Eka Arifa R, Resinta S
Editor: Fardah Assegaf
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