Jakarta Encourages Waste to be Processed in RWs so that Not All Ends Up in Bantargebang

The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government said this step was in line with Governor's Instruction Number 5 of 2026 concerning the Waste Sorting and Processing Movement from Source. This policy encourages changes in waste handling patterns from collecting, transporting and throwing away to sorting, transporting and processing.

With this approach, households become the starting point for sorting, while residential environments become processing places for waste that can still be utilized.

Composting facilities for Srengseng Sawah residents

At RW 06 Srengseng Sawah, PT BRI Multifinance Indonesia or BRI Finance provided two electric motorbike carts, seven composter barrels with a capacity of 200 liters each, and a compost sifting machine with a capacity of 100-150 kilograms per hour.

The machine capacity figures are the capacity for sifting compost, not data on the volume of waste that residents have successfully reduced or processed.

The assistance also includes 145 buckets with a capacity of 8 liters, 10 buckets with a capacity of 20 liters, 11 barrels with a capacity of 60 liters, and five trash cans with a capacity of 120 liters. The company also provides waste sorting training to children and teenagers.

Main Director of BRI Finance, Ignatius Susatyo Wijoyo, said that this support is expected to help the work of cleaning officers as well as encourage residents to get used to sorting waste from their homes.