But it still can be overcome, because the increase is not significant, and we also have preparation to handle waste from the new year,"Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan (AntaranewsKalsel) - Waste volume increased by 30 tons during the long holiday, especially in crowded places of New Year's eve celebrations and tourist attractions, the Banjarmasin Sanitation and Gardening Agency official said.
"Understandably, in the New Year's eve crowded places and tourist attractions on a long holiday, garbage certainly more than usual around 30 tons," said the head of Banjarmasin Sanitation and Gardening Agency Mukhyar, Monday.
He said, the new year period which coincides durian season to compound the garbage up to 5 percent of the ordinary about 600 tons per day.
"But it still can be overcome, because the increase is not significant, and we also have preparation to handle waste from the new year," he said.
According to him, the volume of waste in the new year celebration is less bulky than the previous year. He assumed this was the impact of ban on firecrackers rang from authorities.
"And maybe public awareness also has started to increase. This is good, because we've been able to clean city area," he said.
He stated, if there is no unity in maintaining this environment, the Adipura clean city award will be lost for years to come.
His agency continues to pursue improving performance in 2016 with a budget allocation Rp54 billion.
"In addition to fixing the park, we will also wake up more integrated solid waste management (TPST)," he said.
Last year, there were two additional dump sites (TPST), namely in HKSN near the subdistrict office, North Banjarmasin, and at Pemurus, South Banjarmasin. In 2016, three other TPST will be added, two in North Banjarmasin and one in Kelayan near rusunawa .
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