Indonesia Pursues Mercury Free by 2030, KLH Strengthens Toxic Waste Management

Diaz asked law enforcement officials to coordinate with professional waste management companies if they find mercury during field action.

“I urge law enforcement officers who find mercury to cooperate with professional management such as PT Wastec,” he said.

KLH facilitates management of machines contaminated with PCBs

The inspection continued at the PT PPLI facility in Nambo, Bogor Regency. At that location, Diaz saw the process of managing equipment contaminated with PCBs.

PCBs are chemicals in the form of liquids resembling oil or solids such as wax that have no taste or smell. This substance was previously widely used as a cooling material and electrical insulator in transformers and capacitors because it is stable and heat resistant.

However, PCBs were later discovered to be highly toxic, difficult to decompose, and could threaten human health and environmental sustainability.

“We have seen that PCBs management is carried out professionally by PT PPLI. "This is the result of collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLH) and United Nations institutions, namely UNIDO," he said. Diaz said.

According to him, the process of managing machines and equipment contaminated with PCBs still faces a number of obstacles. These obstacles include administration and high transportation costs to processing facilities.