Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan (AntaranewsKalsel) - A total of 149 garbage banks claimed to actively help the handling of waste which has reached 600 tons per day in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan.
Head of the Banjarmasin Environmental Agency (BLHD) Hamdi here on Tuesday said household waste disposed to the final waste disposal (TPA) in Jalan Basirih, South Banjarmasin, has impressively decreasing.
As long as there are garbage banks which independently built by citizens in their respective environment, the waste disposed by the sanitary service reduced, he said.
He mentioned at the main waste bank at Jalan HKSN, North Banjarmasin, alone collected an average of 20 to 30 tons of garbage every month. That was just about 20 percent of the garbage banks supply in this area.
"Most of the waste banks directly sell them to collectors. That is understandable, because the garbage bank in Pekapuran, for example, far enough from the main garbage bank," he said.
According to Hamdi, all waste banks, including the main garbage bank, are wholly owned by the community. The city government is only helping with scales, calculators, and network to sell garbage economically.
"Why waste bank in this area can work well, because it came from the bottom or the desire of people who consciously build it. It means they prepared everything, so they used to not to be supported by the government," he said.
In fact, he said, there is a kindergarten whose student can pay tuition by saving garbage. Also taps company PDAM Bandarmasih provide an alternative for customers who want to pay a bill with trash.
All this garbage bank liveliness, he said, was the reason Banjarmasin won clean city Adipura awards for two years in a row in 2015 and 2016.
"In addition, many community groups also began to care about the environment and hygiene, and also provide more value for the area to grabbed a clean city Adipura award," he explained.
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Head of the Banjarmasin Environmental Agency (BLHD) Hamdi here on Tuesday said household waste disposed to the final waste disposal (TPA) in Jalan Basirih, South Banjarmasin, has impressively decreasing.
As long as there are garbage banks which independently built by citizens in their respective environment, the waste disposed by the sanitary service reduced, he said.
He mentioned at the main waste bank at Jalan HKSN, North Banjarmasin, alone collected an average of 20 to 30 tons of garbage every month. That was just about 20 percent of the garbage banks supply in this area.
"Most of the waste banks directly sell them to collectors. That is understandable, because the garbage bank in Pekapuran, for example, far enough from the main garbage bank," he said.
According to Hamdi, all waste banks, including the main garbage bank, are wholly owned by the community. The city government is only helping with scales, calculators, and network to sell garbage economically.
"Why waste bank in this area can work well, because it came from the bottom or the desire of people who consciously build it. It means they prepared everything, so they used to not to be supported by the government," he said.
In fact, he said, there is a kindergarten whose student can pay tuition by saving garbage. Also taps company PDAM Bandarmasih provide an alternative for customers who want to pay a bill with trash.
All this garbage bank liveliness, he said, was the reason Banjarmasin won clean city Adipura awards for two years in a row in 2015 and 2016.
"In addition, many community groups also began to care about the environment and hygiene, and also provide more value for the area to grabbed a clean city Adipura award," he explained.
Editor : Mahdani
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