Jakarta, Jan. 13 -- Indonesia's government is banking on waste-to-energy facilities to curb mounting pressure on overcrowded landfills, as daily waste volumes in dozens of cities exceed manageable levels and pose growing environmental and health risks.
As scheduled, the Indonesian government will soon begin construction of waste-to-energy projects at 34 locations nationwide, marking one of the largest rollouts of such facilities in Indonesia to date.
Waste-to-energy plants will be built in districts and cities where waste volumes have exceeded 1,000 tonnes per day and require immediate handling.
According to Deputy Minister of Public Works Diana Kusumastuti, waste-to-energy plants, known locally as PSEL, are designed to reduce the accumu...