Like other areas in Indonesia, waste is also a problem that people face in Sabira Island, Seribu Islands, DKI Jakarta Province. Each month, about 600 souls of the northern island population in DKI Jakarta it produces 600-700 kilograms.
“For many years we only plant it in the ground,†said a Sabira citizen, Agung. Al income, about 20 percent of the island of ??8 hectares is a garbage plant. The citizens are worried if the inflorescence continues to do, the garbage will cover the entire island.
The bright point of the problem begins to appear. At the beginning of 2020 the Provincial Government of Jakarta began to operate the Samtama Motor Ship (KM) which serves transporting the garbage from Sabira Island to the final disposal (TPA) in the Java Island’s plain.Â
Photo aerial atmosphere of Sabira Island, Thousand Islands, Jakarta.
Petugas Bank Garbage Sabira Clean Gembira showed pillar maggot that was fed to eat organic waste from residents’ kitchen waste in Sabira Island, Seribu Islands, Jakarta.
However, the effort is not enough. Garbage is still often stacking in Sabira Island because KM Samtama only comes for a month.
Therefore, starting February 2020 local communities with the support of the Suku Dinas Environment (LH) Regency of the Thousand Islands set up Bank Garbage Sabira Net Gembira to better optimize efforts to reduce the volume of waste. The waste management system of waste bank garbage makes the habit of planting waste slowly abandoned society. Now, Sabira people switch to the habit of sorting organic waste and not organic.
From the divine outcome, the Sabira community has benefited. "Every year every customer get Rp 100,000-150.000 from plastic waste they deposit," said Agung who also became the management of Bank Garbage Sabira Net Gembira.
Petugas Bank Garbage Sabira Clean Gembira showed pillar maggot that was fed to eat organic waste from residents’ kitchen waste in Sabira Island, Seribu Islands, Jakarta.
Warga runs at one of the corners of Sabira Island, Thousand Islands, Jakarta.
Most plastic wastes are deposited to the next trash bank are sold to collecters in Java and most other recycled into ecobricks or plastic waste recycling results that can be utilized into seats or tables.
Not only that, the organic waste of households is also processed into compost fertilizer that can be utilized citizens in matching planting. Most other organic wastes, especially kitchen waste, also they benefit as maggot catering food. Ulat-ulat maggot or larvae flies BSF (Black Soldier Fly) itself is utilized local communities as chicken cattle feed. Â
After the more intensive waste management is now the amount of residual waste or that cannot be utilized again less. From the average of 700 kilograms of garbage produced by Sabira citizens every month, about 500 kilograms of which can be recycled and taken its benefits.
Dua bocah played kano in the dock of Sabira Island, Thousand Islands, Jakarta.
See the children of swimming side turtle in the waters of Sabira Island, Thousand Islands, Jakarta.
"Lalau Sabira now looks more clean and asri," said Ali, Chairman of RW 03 Sabira Island. The spirit of maintaining the island to clean from the trash will continue to be in the future of successive generations and other living creatures in the Sabira Island ecosystem.
Photo and Text : Aditya Pradana Putra
One bakau tree stand upright at one of the corners of Sabira Island, Thousand Islands, Jakarta.
Petugas of the Environmental Department collects residual waste in Sabira Island, Seribu Islands, Jakarta.
Warga sorts plastic waste into sacks in Sabira Island, Thousand Islands, Jakarta.
Petugas Bank Garbage Sabira Clean Gembira weighs the sacks containing plastic waste deposited citizens in Sabira Island, Thousand Islands, Jakarta.
Petugas Bank Garbage Sabira Clean Gembira recorded plastic waste deposited citizens in Sabira Island, Thousand Islands, Jakarta.
Warga who become a customer of Bank Garbage Sabira Net Gembira showed the results of his plastic waste deposit in Sabira Island, Thousand Islands, Jakarta.
Petugas Bank Garbage Sabira Clean Gembira said the sacks containing plastic waste that has been deposited citizens in Sabira Island, Thousand Islands, Jakarta.
A number of citizens made ecobrick crafts from plastic trashes in Sabira Island, Thousand Islands, Jakarta.
Editor : Danika Wahyu
