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Surabaya Receives the 2018 Adipura Kencana, Highest Award for Clean City

Redaksi — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 10:20:38 +0000

Jakarta (Greeners) – Surabaya picked up the highest clean city award, dubbed as Adipura Kencana, on Monday’s ceremony in Jakarta, by Ministry of Environment and Forestry.

The award was given as the city, under Mayor Tri Rismaharini administration, has been successful in implementing waste management and proved to be the number one city in therms of cleanliness.

“Surabayans are very happy to receive Adipura Kencana. It feels that our efforts [the Surabaya administration] and people are not in vain, in terms of environment issues, especially on waste management,” said Mayor Tri at the awards ceremony.

She said that Surabaya has been improving programs on waste management, such as developed jogging track from used plastic slippers, seats from used tires, preventing them to be waste.

In addition, Surabaya government is currently developing Waste-to-Energy landfill, where electricity produced can be used to lit up city parks. As of today, there are three Waste-to-Energy landfills which could produce, two, four and six kilowatts of electricity.

“The Waste-to-Energy landfills are up and running and [developed] in stages, so we don’t just built the landfill, but also temporary landfills. Hence, we no longer pay for electricity because the waste-to-energy can produce 11 megawatts,” she said.

Another cities winning Adipura are Banjarmasin for Big City category and Magelang for Small City category, as the two cities implemented waste management.

Deputy Mayor of Magelang, Windarti Agustina, said that people’s involvement in domestic level is effective to reduce waste. Agustina said that nearly all neighbourhood units in the city have waste banks and organic village as parts of waste management.

“We keep on encouraging waste banks and organic villages. We also pushing 3R landfills in all of sub-districts as one of the efforts to reduce open dumping landfills and use of methane gas,” she said.

Meanwhile, Banjarmasin has different method of waste management, by issuing a mayor regulation in 2016 to reduce plastic bags use. The regional is considered to be effective in reducing plastic waste in Banjarmasin.

“For this year, we are stipulating the reduce of single use plastic bags in traditional markets. It has been tested in two traditional markets, after only being applied in modern retails and supermarkets,” said Banjarmasin Mayor, Ibnu Sina, to Greeners.

Mayor Ibnu said the government implemented the regulation as Basirih Landfill in the city could no longer contain wastes within two or three years. The government, he said, is improving the landfill from control landfill to sanitary landfill.

“Banjarmasin Basiri Landfill covers only 39.5 hectares, if no treatment and innovation, then it will be ruined. The future plan is to build sanitary landfills in accordance to central government’s mandate and implement the regional strategic policy,” he said.

Reports by Dewi Purningsih

Ministry of Environment and Forestry Awarded Clean City to 146 Districts and Cities

Redaksi — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 10:39:21 +0000

Jakarta (Greeners) – Ministry of Environment and Forestry awarded 146 districts and cities for their efforts on environmental policies in Jakarta, on Monday (14/1/2019).

The award, dubbed as Adipura, is one of government’s instrument to encourage environmental policies in regional, encourage waste management and green development.

For this year, the awards given were one Adipura Kencana, 109 Adipura, ten Adipura certificates, five Adipura placates, and waste management awards to 11 districts and cities and 28 Nirwasita Tantra awards to district and city leaders.

Minister of Environment and Forestry, Siti Nurbaya, said that Adipura assessment in 2017-18 was conducted on 369 districts and cities throughout the country, or 72 percent out of the total 514 districts and cities.

“One of the assessment criteria of Adipura is the implementation of the 2008 Law on Waste Management, including 30 percent of reduce waste and 70 percent of waste management by 2025, along with the efforts for integrated waste management, starting from upstream to downstream in each districts and cities,” said Minister Siti on her speech at the awards ceremony.

Director general of waste, toxic and hazardous management, Rosa Vivien Ratnawati, said that the goal of Adipura is not limited to awards, however, it aims to achieve the national and regional targets of 30 percent of reducing and 70 percent of management by 2025.

Furthermore, Ratnawati said districts and cities with the lowest grade in the assessment were Medan for Metropolitan category, Bandar Lampung and Manado for Big City category, Sorong, Kupang and Palu for Medium City category and Waikabubak, Waysai, Bajawa Buol, and Ruteng for Small City category.

“The cities have low ranks because of the physical assessment, open dumping landfills, and do not have regional strategic policy,” she said.

In addition, the ministry also awarded Green Leadership, Nirwasita Tantra 2018, to leaders of regional who have been successful in formulating and implementing policies to improve environmental quality. The award was handed by Vice President Jusuf Kalla to three governors, six mayors, and six district heads or bupati.

The recipients are East Java, West Java and South Sumatra, for provincial level.

Meanwhile, for city category, — Surabaya and Tangerang for Big City, Cimahi and Surakarta for Medium City, and Bontang and Payakumbuh for Small City –.

For district category, the recipients are Lumajang and Bandung for Big District category, South Pesisir and Boyolali for Medium City category, and Central Bangka and Dharmasraya for Small City category.

Green Leaderships awards went to South Sumatra, West Sumatra and East Java for Province category, Bontang, Cimahi, Surakarta, Payakumbuh and Tangerang for City category and Boyolali, Central Bangka, Dharmasraya, South Pesisir and Bandung.

Reports by Dewi Purningsih

Four Companies Awarded for Waste Management

Redaksi — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 13:06:37 +0000

Surabaya (Greeners) – Ministry of Environment and Forestry awarded four companies for their waste management on Tuesday (28/2), in Kenjeran, Surabaya of East Java province.

The four companies, — PT Sinar Sosro, PT AEON Indonesia, PT Tirta Investama and PT Lion Superindo –, were awarded at the peak of National Waste Care Day held in Surabaya.

PT Sinar Sosro and PT AEON Indonesia were awarded under the category for waste reduce initiative. Meanwhile, PT Tirta Investama and PT Lion Superindo were awarded for their waste reduce performances.

Furthermore, Minister Siti said that Free Waste 2020 target could be achieved as supports from communities and business world have been increasing each year.

“Facilitators, communities and collaborators showed significant increase from year to year. The support from academician and business world, along with activities, has been flowing in the field,” she said at the award show.

From an official press release, Minister Siti said that her office had been following the development of environmental communities, either from waste care, goodbye plastic, river, mountain lover communities, to business people and associations.

As February named as the Waste Management Month, it was expected the campaign could spread massively and organized.

In 2016, at least 226 districts/cities out of 34 provinces have included 9,550 facilitators, communities and collaborators for waste management campaigns. The numbers were increasing from 2015’s record of only 1,024 facilitators, communities, and collaborators out of 155 districts/cities.

VP. General Secretary Danone Indonesia, Leila Djafaar said that the company has applied corporate’s responsibility on waste management. It was the second award after last year they earned an award for the category initiative on plastic waste management.

“This year, we are selected for our performance as producer in waste management,” said Djafaar.

Furthermore, she said AQUA Group added waste collection locations in the last process. After managed three Recycling Business Unit in South Tangerang, Bali and Bandung, the company will cooperate with other stakeholders, including waste bank and collectors in Bogor and Jakarta as part of their expansion to collect their wastes.

Furthermore, she appreciates government to encourage and support private sectors to keep innovating in managing their wastes. In addition, AQUA group had developed Recycling Business Unit in South Tangerang, which serves as business model for plastic recycling with 44 employees.

At RBU, plastic bottles are being destroyed and turned them into creative items such as t-shirts and other plastic products.

“RBU that we run give health insurance through BPJS to each employees. 75 percent of the employees are scavengers. 75 percent are women which have difficulties to access health care,” she said.

Reports by HI/G17

Jusuf Kalla Presented Green Heroes Awards

Redaksi — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 05:09:43 +0000

Siak (Greeners) – Vice President Jusuf Kalla reminded people to best manage natural resources as he was presenting awards, Kalpataru, Nirwasita Tantra, Adipura Paripurna, Adipura Buwana, Adipura Kirana, and Adiwiyata Mandiri, to individuals, communities, schools and cities in practicing environmentally friendly principles.

“I congratulate and appreciate the efforts made by these heroes and hope that the award can continue to inspire and encourage for better environment quality for the next generation,” said VP Kalla at the award ceremony held in Siak Sri Indrapura palace, in Riau, on Friday (22/7).

Meanwhile, Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya said that Kalpataru award was the form of government’s appreciation towards individuals or communities who have pioneered and contributed in preserving the environment.

In addition, the government also urged local administrations to establish and implement policies and program which aimed to improve the environment through Regional Environment Status, which would be awarded with Nirwasita Tantra.

“These awards are government’s appreciation so [the winners] can inspire others in manage and protect the environment,” said Minister Siti.

The Kalpataru awards for Environmental Pioneer were given to Mbah Sadiman of Dali hamlet, Wonogiri district of Central Java, and Dr. Gamal Albinsaid of Malang city, East Java province. The Kalpataru awards were also given to environmental stewards and environmental coaches.

This year’s Nirwasita Tantra recipients were East Java followed by West Java and West Sumatra in second and third place, respectively. For district level, the awards went to Buleleng followed by Dharmasraya and Bandung. Meanwhile, Surabaya and Balikpapan received on behalf of city category.

For this year, Adipura Buana awarded to livable cities, Adipura Kirana went to attractive cities which boosted green trade, tourism and investment, meanwhile Adipura Paripurna is the highest award for meet the standards of both livable city and attractive city. The latter award went to Surabaya.

The government also awarded schools with Adiwiyata Mandiri for successfully raising green awareness and knowledge in the students. This award is particularly aimed for younger generation to adopt green living for their future.

The ceremony was also attended by Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo, Minister of Research, Technology and Higher Education M. Nasir and representatives of Ministry of Education and Culture and Ministry of Religious Affairs.

Reports by Danny Kosasih