Bali buried in rubbish since new decree for people to manage their own organic waste

Im I asked around, and some people leave him, or he says. “Apparently, if your house is close to the river, you just throw it.”

Denpasar usually remains flooded with the first large rains of the wet season, because sewers are blocked with garbage. Although the floods that killed at least 18 people this month, no one provided them to the extra dumps that have been taking place since August 1st.

Although it may seem unreasonable on his face, the aim of Koster’s new policy is to relieve the more terrible waste problem that shines Bali from almost every groove, road and flow.

The supreme manifestation of the dilemma is the mountainous Suwung Dump, a 32 -hectare praise on the way to tourism, consumption and for decades of kicking for decades.

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There’s much more to get. Suwung is now closed with organic waste. It will not accept recyclable materials from December. These products, such as Bali’s countless plastic water bottles, will still be recycling factories or “plastic banks ..

Put Marmar, a 42 -year -old tattoo artist, says that he sometimes takes recyclable products to these banks that the government pays as cash or coupons.

“But the effort isn’t really worth going back, or he says.

Plan for re-office and remains, opening a brand new waste-energy facility next year. In July, the Ministry of Environment in Jakarta began to “prepare all the necessary arrangements ..

This is good news. But the urgent problem for residents – and the reason for the existing garbage anarchy – what to do with food residues.

The locals tell us that some people collapse their garbage in tourism areas, so that the government has to collect it or make a choice between ashamed.

Some people are “just lazy”, but some have a few other options. Lucky enough to have a small courtyard to burn organic waste. Others do that – “And everyone coughs”.

Gede Darmana, who runs a small snack shop near Made, says that he collects his organic wastes and took 45 minutes to his village several times a week and burned it here in an empty area. “Although there is no other solution,” he says there is not much problem.

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Kadek Suarjana, a motorcycle taxi driver, burns his garbage in an empty area. However, the others in the neighborhood allow them to accumulate on the street. “I complained because it is fragrant, or he says. “Sometimes it will go, but it continues to stack.”

The provincial government says “TEBA” is the answer. These are holes of 2.5 meters deep covered with concrete valves. They move as a kind of septic tank or compost box. However, this requires both Denpasar’s inadequate garden area and money among ordinary people.

The government may dig the common TEBA, but if any, very few are now appear in action. Some households have already established themselves.

Koster’s directive olmad no more organic waste ”directive landed with a thud on August 1, but the truth is that the locals were asked to separate their garbage for years. The problem was that their efforts were cut down by the garbage collectors who threw everything in the same truck.

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Naturally, most people who did the right thing stopped after a short time. Mixed garbage, which descended to three new garbage processing centers, caused shocking scents and all kinds of problems. Contracts for these centers have been canceled since then.

A walk in Denpasar, where the locals live, reveals the pile after the unusual pile of garbage consisting of only a few bags. People were bigger at the beginning of the new policy.

Some bags have clearly organic wastes. Others apparently or if they do, Garbos do some complex inspections.

In addition to confusion, Made reports that his mother, who lives in a different Bali region, is still collected.

“The arrangements given by the government, which should affect all Bali, are seen, but only certain areas are implementing them, or he says.

If everyone was going to sort their garbage and then find a place to cope with food residues – then it wouldn’t be a problem. However, this requires new habits and money.

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