Sendu Waste Management Project, Pasar Minggu, Jakarta

Jakarta, Indonesia

SENDU WASTE MANAGEMENT PROJECT, PASAR MINGGU, JAKARTA

BY HARYO WINARSO, TUBAGUS FURQON SOFHANI, ANNISA LARASATI, DERRY PANTJADARMA

INTRODUCTION e term “Waste Bank” is relatively new. e Sendu Waste Bank Project in Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta resulted from community participation in the ‘Jakarta Green and Clean Competition’ organized by the Unilever Indonesia Foundation in 2007. e project was initiated by Ms. Etty Sumiati, a facilitator for Unilever’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program. e waste management project comprises three activities: composting, the Waste Bank, and tree planting. All aim at improving the local environment though effective waste management, following the ‘3Rs’ concept: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.

This project is not only helpful in segregating organic from non-organic garbage, but has also heightened community awareness that garbage can provide a source of income.

While the non-organic garbage is taken to the waste bank, organic waste is composted. Now, almost every household in the locality composts their organic waste themselves. is has been accomplished only through the perseverance and dedication of Ms. Etty and her team in offering counseling and training within the community. e composted waste is used as an excellent fertilizer for the tree planting program.

e Waste Bank aims to increase awareness of the community to segregate domestic solid waste into organic and non- organic types. Aer separation, the community can bring the non-organic domestic garbage to the Waste Bank. The amount deposited by each person is recorded in a book, just like a passbook. e Waste Bank earns revenue by selling the collected garbage to waste collectors each week. e Bank can then provide monetary e project has led to a signi cant compensation to the original reduction in the volume of solid depositors according to volume. waste generated; this in turn has 1

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brought signi cant environmental bene ts. Most members of the community participate in the project, with housewives taking the lead in the activities.

Waste into income e Waste Bank project offers an alternative income opportunity for low income earners who can sell the non-organic waste. e communities were anyway eager to “bank” their waste at a central collection point as a contribution to a cleaner and healthier environment. is project has now been replicated in adjacent community has become empowslum areas. ered- the residents are increasingly aware that (a) they must Cleaner, healthier com- take responsibility for their own munities garbage, and (b) that garbage can e Waste Bank has been shown even generate an income. Both to reduce garbage volumes gener- are important lessons learned ated by the community by up to within the community.

33 m3/month, contributing to a reduced environmental burden The projec t has also b ee n and improved health. Although strengthened by the close interthe pilot project was relatively action among the various actors small, covering a community of involved in the establishment of 3,292 people within an area of Sendu Waste Bank, especially be15 hectares, news of its success tween Ms. Etty as the community has traveled fast. e Waste Bank motivator, the women’s commuproject is now being replicated nity organization (PKK) as the in adjacent neighborhoods, and core organization, and the private could potentially be expanded to sector. Meanwhile, the enduring communities across the country. wide community involvement in the Waste Bank scheme may be Lessons learned attributable to the strong engageThe project has stimulated a ment of the community from the double-loop learning process; project’s outset. today, community members have the skills to segregate domestic Finally, the project’s long-term garbage, compost organic wastes sustainability rests upon its comand keep their environment mercial viability. In this case, clean. But most importantly, the the project was conceived as a 2

commercially viable community enterprise rather than as a government handout. Initial capital to establish the Waste Bank was raised by subscription of IDR5,000 from each household at project outset. Since then, “Sendu” Waste Bank has been able to fund its operations and management through pro ts obtained from selling the garbage. us the project instilled an early sense of ownership within the community.

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CONTACT INFORMATION Haryo Winarso (PhD)

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Program Studi Perencanaan Wilayah dan Kota SAPPK ITB (Department of Regional and Urban Planning-School of Architecture, Planning and Policy Development, ITB) Labtek IX-A Lantai 4 Jl. Ganesha No. 10, Bandung 40132, Indonesia Emial: haryowinarso@yahoo.com

Unilever. 2009. Sustainability Development Overview 2009: Creating a Better Future Everyday. http://www.unilevergreenandclean.co.id/green-and-clean.html With support from