Jakarta, July 6 -- Coordinating Minister for Food Affairs Zulkifli Hasan has set a target to end a practice of disposing waste in an open space without any management, sorting, nor pollution control (open dumping) by 2028.

"The government will launch the development of waste-to-energy power plants using incinerator technology in Bali. We are targeting the gradual elimination of open dumping, with 50 percent completed by 2027 and the remaining 50 percent by 2028," Hasan said here on Monday.

Hasan explained that over the past 11 years, regulations on waste management had resulted in only two permits being issued, with only one project actually becoming operational.

Following the regulatory simplification, around 70 cities have begun deve...