1.3 Million Tons of Plastic Waste Damaged Ecosystem Environment

INDUSTRY.co.id - Jakarta - The results of Sustainable Waste Indonesia (SWI) research in South Jakarta and Ambon City in 2017 showed that 1.3 million tons per year of unsold packaging plastic and potentially damaging the ecosystem of the environment.

"We can figure the national profile with the empirical data of South Jakarta representing big cities and Ambon representing the city of medium. We do not claim this method is most accurate, because there is limited time and data sources, but from the result we are interpolated to the national," said Director of Early SWI Trisyanti in Jakarta, Tuesday (24/4).

Analysis of Indonesia's Waste Flow from the results of a six-month SWI study in the South Jakarta and Ambon areas, he said it could get a lot of analysis materials related to urban waste issues.

As much as 60 percent of urban waste, he says are known to be organic, 14 percent plastic, nine percent of paper, 4.3 percent of metal and 12.7 percent of various shapes ranging from glass, wood, and other materials.

Based on the composition, according to Dini, the buildup of unsold plastic waste will damage the ecosystem environment and affect human health because of its nature that is not easy to decompose.

While the results of research experts garbage Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB) Prof Enri Damanhuri with his team in Bali shows 14 percent of total waste there is plastic. And of the total figure, 44 percent has not been managed and polluted the environment.

"About 28 percent of the plastic waste goes to the final disposal site (TPA) and 27 percent have been recycled," she continued.

Research on plastic waste in Bali for six months in 2017, he said, will continue, and will further examine the flow of waste into the river.

"We calculate what is recovered and sold, we estimate how many run into the river, and we will continue to increase the problem of plastic waste in the river," she said.