Solving garbage problems
June 22nd, 2007
Indonesian cities with increasing trouble finding new local sites for the disposal of their tons of garbage every day should consider adopting a method that is being successfully used in the U.S. at the present.
Garbage from large cities that have run out of space for its disposal is loaded onto railroad cars and shipped to remote areas that are considered uninhabitable and unsuitable for other economic purposes.
These remote area are usually dry and have ravines where the garbage is dumped and buried after a special plastic bottom liner is installed.
There are several areas in East Java that could be used for such purposes, e.g. the remote area between Probolinggo and Banyuwangi. The islands outside of Java all have similar areas, and garbage from Java could be transported by barge to these locations.
The local area governments benefit greatly in this matter by collecting fees from the large cities for the right to dump garbage in their districts, thus improving their local economies for building better schools, improving roadways and bridges, providing housing and food for the needy, etc.
It’s a win-win situation for the large cities running out of space to dump their garbage and local governments in remote areas in need of economic help.
W. RAYMOND YELLAND
Jakarta Post - Surabaya
Entry Filed under: East Java News
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