Bali Encourages Waste Sorting from Home, Traditional Villages Become Driving Force

Traditional Villages Strengthen Waste Sorting Habits

Village and sub-district governments play a role in building awareness among residents to reduce and sort waste from home. Traditional villages help strengthen community discipline through awig-awig, pararem, mutual cooperation and local wisdom.

At the provincial level, the government carries out the functions of policy formulation, guidance, coordination and supervision. Regency and city governments translate this through waste management services, providing infrastructure, strengthening processing facilities, and transporting residues.

A number of policies form the basis for its implementation, namely Bali Gubernatorial Regulation Number 97 of 2018 concerning Limiting the Generation of Single-Use Plastic Waste and Bali Gubernatorial Regulation Number 47 of 2019 concerning Source-Based Waste Management.

Both were strengthened through Circular Letter Number 9 of 2025 concerning the Bali Clean Waste Movement. This movement carries the spirit of "My Village is Sustainable Without Plastic Waste" and "My Village is Clean Without Polluting Other Villages".

Processing Facilities Need Ongoing Support

Based on 2024 data presented in the speech, Bali has 292 reduce, reuse, recycle (TPS3R) waste processing sites and seven integrated waste processing sites (TPST).

The existence of these facilities needs to be supported by strong institutions, human resources and sustainable financing. Residents' consistency in sorting waste is also needed to support processing.

Source-based management is also directed at building a circular economy. Organic waste can be processed into compost, while inorganic waste with economic value is reused or recycled.