City to spend more on waste management this year

The Jakarta Sanitation Agency plans to spend Rp 900 billion (US$93.26 million) this year to improve the city’s trash management, a 12 percent increase from last year’s Rp 800 billion.

Agency chief Unu Nurdin said that apart from funding the routine spending, the money would be used to revamp old garbage trucks.

“We have more than 700 trucks to transport the garbage from Jakarta to the Bantar Gebang landfill in Bekasi, but more than 500 have been in operation for around 10-20 years and are not in good shape,” he said.

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