Banjar Regency Achieved the Highest National Waste Management Level in 2020

Banjar Regency, South Kalimantan, had the highest national waste management rate in 2020. Based on data from the Directorate of Waste Management of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), Banjar Regency's waste management rate reached 109.26%.

Batu City, East Java, ranked second with a waste management rate of 107.78%. Following this was Tangerang City, Banten, with a waste management rate of 100%.

Next, the waste management rate in Banjarbaru City, South Kalimantan, was 99.45%. Meanwhile, the waste management rate in Padang Panjang City, West Sumatra, was 99.36%.

According to Law Number 18 of 2008, waste management is the process of transforming waste by changing its characteristics, composition, and quantity. This management aims to reduce the amount of waste and utilize its remaining value.

According to research by the Department of Environmental Geography, Gadjah Mada University (UGM), waste management in Indonesia has not yet complied with environmentally sound management methods. The majority still uses open dumping and landfill methods.

Open dumping is a method where waste is simply disposed of in a final disposal site (TPA) without any treatment. Meanwhile, landfill is a waste management or disposal system by piling it in a concave location, compacting it, and then covering it with soil.