In Indonesia, Antara reported that the Indonesian government has set a target to establish waste-to-energy plants at 33 locations nationwide in an effort to address the country’s mounting waste problem.
Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq told lawmakers that the government will move forward by drafting a new regulation that merges three existing presidential decrees, one of which focuses on accelerating the development of environmentally friendly waste-to-energy facilities.
“According to Presidential Regulation No. 35 of 2018, the initial target was to develop such plants in 12 cities, but we aim to raise it to 33 locations,” Nurofiq said during a hearing with Commission XII of the House of Representatives (DPR).
He added that the number could increase further, pending additional studies.
The report highlighted that the regulation initially identified cities such as Jakarta, Bekasi, Semarang, and Makassar as pilot locations. However, only two facilities are currently fully operational: the Putri Cempo PLTSa in Solo, Central Java, and the Benowo PLTSa in Surabaya, East Java, the report added.
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