"The president has given us a target for waste management to reach 100 percent in 2029," Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq stated during a press conference at the Office of the Ministry of Environment in Jakarta on Monday.
The target has been included in the government's new National Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMN).
One of the efforts to achieve the new target is to end open dumping practices in landfills.
The plan is to shut down the open dumping system at 343 landfills across multiple locations. The initial phase involves closing the system at 37 landfills, with a completion target of six months.
The target was given following an earlier goal set by the government to achieve 100 percent waste management by 2025, as outlined in Presidential Regulation Number 97 of 2017 on National Policy and Strategy for Household Waste Management and Waste Similar to Household Waste.
Nurofiq acknowledged that the target cannot be achieved this year as the latest data shows that only 39.01 percent of waste management goals in the country have been achieved. This figure does not account for waste in landfills with open dumping practices.
"This year, we are given a target of 50 percent, while in fact, our waste management achievement has only reached 39 percent," he remarked.
According to the National Waste Management Information System (SIPSN) of the Ministry of Environment, the volume of waste generated in 301 districts and cities reached 32.6 million tons in 2024. Of this total, 40.34 percent of the waste is categorized as unmanaged.
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