47,000 Plastic Bottles Become Decorative Boats, Cilung Festival Invites Residents to Sort Trash

NORTH JAKARTA, GARISBUMI.com – A total of 47,000 plastic bottles and 18,400 used gallons were used to make 43 decorative boats at the 2026 Love the Environment Boat Festival (Cilung) on ​​Lake Sunter, North Jakarta, Sunday (18/10/2026). The parade carries the message that awareness of waste starts at home and continues after the festival ends.

Dozens of boats are the result of the creativity of officers from the Water Body Waste Management Unit of the DKI Jakarta Environmental Service. Apart from plastic bottles and gallons, they use various used materials to form decorative boats.

DKI Jakarta Provincial Regional Secretary Uus Kuswanto, who opened the festival with North Jakarta Administrative Mayor Hendra Hidayat, emphasized the importance of building the habit of protecting the environment every day.

"Don't just look clean when there are activities or competitions. We want this cleanliness to be maintained every day so that the benefits are truly felt by the community," said Uus.

According to him, using used goods to make decorative boats can be a means of education close to the community. However, the large amount of rubbish in water bodies also reminds us that efforts to prevent pollution of rivers and lakes still need to be strengthened.

Waste Sorting Starts from Home

Uus said that the waste problem requires the involvement of the government and the community. The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government is encouraging behavioral changes through sorting, transporting and processing patterns as stated in Governor's Instruction Number 5 of 2026.

"Waste sorting must become a habit and a shared responsibility. We must start reducing waste from our homes, sorting it properly, and ensuring that waste does not pollute the environment, especially rivers and lakes," he said.