97.76 Percent of Waste in Papua Has Not Been Managed, KLH Encourages Sorting from Source

Meanwhile, downstream, TPA may only be used to accommodate residue that cannot be utilized or reprocessed.

Management from the source is also directed at building a circular economic ecosystem. Organic waste can be processed into compost or maggot feed around the landfill site so that not all of it has to be transported to the landfill.

Inorganic waste that has economic value can be collected and distributed through partnerships with local managers, such as PT Milion Limbah Papua and other companies that absorb recycled products.

Local partnerships are considered important because the costs of sending recycled materials from Papua to other regions are relatively high.

Mariat Gunung Landfill is Almost Full

In Sorong Regency, the regional government is accelerating the end of the open dumping system at the Mariat Gunung landfill. The 81,772 square meter landfill is reportedly almost full.

The Sorong Regency Government has begun to cover the waste piles in stages using layers of soil. Leachate control is also carried out to reduce the risk of contamination of soil and water sources around the landfill.

Apart from improving the TPA, the regional government continues to strengthen waste processing sites using the principles of reduce, reuse, recycle or TPS3R. This facility is expected to reduce the volume of waste taken to the landfill.