JakartaPost-May 21
The Jakarta administration has kick-started the construction of the first refuse-derived fuel (RDF) facility in the city, to address its growing waste problem. The RDF plant is set to be built atop a 7.8-hectare site in Rorotan, North Jakarta. Once the facility is fully operational, it will be able to process 2,500 tons of waste per day. Meanwhile, the city of over 10 million people produces nearly 8,000 tons of waste every day, the majority of which is dumped in Bantar Gebang landfill in neighboring Bekasi, West Java. The Jakarta administration has allocated about Rp 1.2 trillion (US$74.89 million) of its 2024 regional budget (APBD) for the project, expected to be finished by next December and subsequently operate early next year. The Rorotan RDF plant will be able to turn 35-40 percent of the waste processed into alternative fuel, which means that the facility can produce around 875 tons of alternative fuels daily at full capacity. During a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday, acting Jakarta governor Heru Budi Hartono said that the new waste-treatment facility would become one of the largest RDF plants in the world. The Rorotan plant will be the second RDF facility built by the Jakarta administration; the first one was established at the Bantar Gebang landfill in 2022 and started operating the year after. The facility is able to process around 2,000 tons of waste daily. Jakarta has been relying on the Bantar Gebang landfill since 1986, and the amount of trash dumped by the capital city in the site has only increased over time. Last year, Jakarta dumped around 7,800 tons of waste per day at Bantar Gebang, a 40 percent increase compared with 2015. Read more at:
