Indonesia, Japan Turn Waste into Renewable Energy

Indonesia, Japan Turn Waste into Renewable Energy

The Indonesian Environmental Affairs and Forestry Ministry (KLHK) and the
Ministry of Environment Japan (MoEJ) has teamed up to turn waste into
renewable energy by adopting waste-to-energy-plants (PLTSa), the news agency
Antara reported.

Environment Minister Siti Nurbaya said that the waste-to-energy-plants
partnership is the solution to addressing the waste problem, while also help
educates citizens in handling and utilizing waste. Public education includes
dissemination of ways to reduce, sort and process waste.

Japan is known for its leading waste-to-energy-plants.

Minister Siti Nurbaya said that Indonesia faces a serious waste problem: as
many as 64 million tons of waste produced annually.

Mrs. Siti said that the MoEJ has shown great enthusiasm. Japan's Environment
Minister Tadahiko Ito said that the country will assist with the preparation
of guidelines for, models, capacity improvement of and supervision team for
waste-to-energy-plants, which involve Japanese personnel.

Having named Surabaya as pilot waste-to-energy-plant project, Mr. Ito plans
to roll out the program in other major cities, such as Jakarta, Bandung
Semarang, Solo, Tangerang, Makassar and Manado.

Also discussed in the meeting was a partnership in waste management in
coastal and marine areas considering that Indonesia is one of the world's
largest marine waste producers. Marine waste management has been sparsely
implemented in the Seribu Islands, North Sulawesi and Yogyakarta, among
others.

Indonesia will commemorate the National Waste Awareness Day (HPSN) on
February 21. Indonesia has also been named Global Cleansing Champion Country
by the UNEP.

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John Diecker
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