Jakarta, April 19 -- Deputy Minister of Environment Diaz Hendropriyono has called for intensifying waste sorting at the source to prepare for the sweeping ban on open dumping practices at all final disposal sites across Indonesia.

"Without waste sorting, waste management issues cannot be fully addressed. Moreover, open dumping will be halted by the end of July, with 472 landfills set for transition by August," he noted in a statement cited in Jakarta on Sunday.

Hendropriyono made the remarks at the declaration of a waste sorting commitment at a Refuse-Derived Fuel (RDF) plant in Rorotan, Cilincing, North Jakarta, on Saturday (April 18).

He emphasized that both the sorting campaign and the planned nationwide ban on open dumping are inte...