Rantau, S Kalimantan (ANTARA) - The Government of Tapin District, South Kalimantan, is expediting improvements to the Hatiwin final disposal site (TPA) management system following changes in Adipura assessment, which now emphasize sustainable waste management.
Head of Tapin Environment Agency (DLH) Noordin said the shift in focus of Adipura assessment requires local government to immediately abandon the practice of open dumping or open disposal system.
“If we still use open dumping, not only we are at risk of failing to achieve Adipura, but could be categorized as the dirty city,” said Noordin here on Wednesday.
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Noordin said the current condition of Hatiwin landfill can still be monitored from the outside of the road, but access to the location is only through a coal mining route that is not recorded on the public map.
He reminded that the district had received administrative sanctionss from the Ministry of Environment (KLH) for applying open dumping.
As a follow up, Noordin said, Tapin DLH targets to close all piles of garbage using fill soil within seven days.
“This step in part of transition to controlled landfill system, and if possible it will be upgraded to sanitary landfill model,” he saidk.
Noordin hopes that the improvements of the TPA to receive support from various parties in order to maintain the reputation of Tapin Distict as one of the recipients of the Adipura award.
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