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As Indonesia cuts methane emissions, life atop a mountain of garbage begins to change
- Beginning Aug. 1, Indonesia will transform the Bantargebang landfill in Jakarta from open dumping to a controlled system as part of a national waste management plan to curb methane emissions.
- Bantargebang ranks as the world's second-largest landfill methane emitter, receiving 7,500 tons of waste daily at its 272-acre site, though only two of the original 12 methane extraction wells remain operational.
- The government will shut down open-dumping operations at 343 of Indonesia's 550 disposal sites, affecting an estimated 600,000 waste pickers, with more than 4,000 working at Bantargebang alone daily.
- Environmental researcher David Sutasurya noted that up to 80% of waste could be kept from landfills through recycling and composting, yet formal systems currently handle only about one-quarter of daily waste.
- Jakarta Environment Agency head Dudi Gardesi Asikin estimated covering the disposal area could cost 200 billion rupiah , while waste pickers like Nur Wencih earn about 200,000 rupiah daily.
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Indonesia plan to cut landfill methane alters trash picker livelihoods
BANTARGEBANG, Indonesia — Long before dawn breaks over Indonesia ’s largest landfill, Nur Wencih joins thousands of waste pickers climbing mountains of garbage, searching for anything they can sell. The 35-year-old widow has worked at the site on Jakarta’s eastern edge for two decades, following her parents, who still earn a living there. The Bantargebang landfill has paid for food and rent while helping her two teenage daughters living with a r…
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As Indonesia cuts methane emissions, life atop a mountain of garbage begins to change
At Indonesia’s largest landfill, Bantargebang, waste picker Nur Wencih fears a sweeping government crackdown on open dumping could threaten the livelihood that has supported her family for two decades.
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