KLH Encourages Waste Management Business to Have Market Certainty

SLEMAN, GARISBUMI.com – Waste management businesses require a sustainable supply of raw materials and markets to be able to survive. The Ministry of the Environment/Environmental Control Agency (KLH/Environmental Management Agency (BPLH)) encourages strengthening cooperation between business actors, buyers of processed products, communities and the government to connect the entire waste management chain.

This encouragement was conveyed at the Business Networking Luncheon at the closing of the Scaling Up Local Enterprise on Waste Management in Indonesia (SULE-WM) program in Sleman, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Wednesday (7/10/2026).

This forum brought together dozens of participants from government, business actors, environmental communities, final buyers or off-takers, as well as the hotel, restaurant and cafe sectors. Educational institutions, research institutions and business partners are also involved in exploring collaboration.

Head of the Java Environmental Control Center, Eduward Hutapea, said that waste management requires connectivity from sorting to marketing of processing results.

"Collaboration like this is important because waste management requires interconnected chains, starting from sorting, collection, processing to market. When the government, business world, community and society move in one ecosystem, waste management is not only an environmental issue, but can also open up sustainable economic opportunities," said Eduward.

Connect Waste Sorting with the Market

According to Eduward, the success of waste management efforts depends on a balance between environmental benefits and economic feasibility. It is hoped that the utilization of marketable waste will also reduce the burden on the final processing site (TPA).

Therefore, cooperation between parties needs to provide guaranteed supply of raw materials, support processing processes, and open market access.