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| Yayasan IDEP’s Waste Management Programs |
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| About Bali’s Waste Management Problem |
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| Too many people are producing too much garbage on Bali, spoiling the famed beauty of this paradise isle. With millions of foreign tourists visiting Bali annually and the rapid growth of the local population due to vast development, the Bali administration is currently facing a very tough job managing its mountains of garbage - both industrial and domestic.
In Denpasar, the provincial capital of Bali, garbage is scattered throughout the city - in the market and on every street corner, smelling and creating an unhealthy urban environment. The Denpasar mayoralty has waged a war against garbage for the past few years in an effort to create a cleaner and more pleasant city. Yet, efforts are proving futile in the absence of an effective waste management system. In neighboring areas like the regencies of Badung and Tabanan, and Gianyar in Ubud, the problem is even worse.
Denpasar alone produces around 1,525 cubic meters of garbage per day, while Badung produces 755 cubic meters. Tabanan receives 360 cubic meters of waste per day, and Gianyar around 910 cubic meters of garbage a day. These areas are all prominent tourist destinations.
The Suwung dump site is located near Sanur beach and therefore cannot be expanded further than its original plan. It is a swampy area covered in mangrove forests, and is vital in preserving the ecosystem and in acting as a natural buffer against the ocean. It is expected that the daily volume of garbage will double to 3,870 cubic meters for Denpasar, 1,080 cubic meters for Badung, 1,360 cubic meters for Gianyar and 660 cubic meters for Tabanan.
Source : Bali struggles to manage mountains of garbage
Wahyoe Boediwardhana, The Jakarta Post - Features - October 02, 2003
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| About Yayasan IDEP Foundation’s Waste Management Programs |
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| To increase community awareness about the enormous waste management problems being faced in Bali, and to encourage community participation in helping to reduce the problem at the community and household level, Yayasan IDEP has developed several small-scale waste management pilot programs: |
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| Women’s Cooperative Waste Recycling Micro Enterprise Program |
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| This innovative program works though the Indonesian Women’s Organization (PKK). Members of the women’s groups sort plastic and paper in their own homes and about once a week bring their waste to a central bin built with donated funds from the local village authorities.
The head of the PKK has an agreement with ‘pemulung’ , Indonesian scavengers who travel around the island buying recyclable waste materials to and selling them to a recycling depot in Denpasar.
This initial pilot project was initiated and is implemented by the Indonesian Women’s Organization (PKK) in Kutuh Kelod, Ubud.
This is a simple, sustainable pilot program to manage waste reduction on Bali. The program has received recognition by the local government as an outstanding effort by Balinese women to solve their own problems.
This process not only supports the recycling of waste, but also enables the women to make a profit from this enterprise which is then used to support other PKK group activities.
Yayasan IDEP Foundation’s hope is to extend the benefits of this successful Community-based Micro Enterprise Waste Management program by:
• Replicating the program to other areas in Bali in cooperation with local community authorities and other branches of the Indonesian Women’s Organization (PKK).
• Providing further training to increase participants’ understanding, enthusiasm and participation in waste management, including conducting workshops in compost production.
• Integrating the use of the compost made by the groups for the development of kitchen and medicinal gardens as part of the PKK program activities.
• Producing cloth bags to reduce plastic consumption within the communities. In tourist areas of Bali , these cloth bags can be sold to increase the project’s financial viability and self sustainability.
Yayasan IDEP Foundation continues to seek support and donations to increase the depth and scope of this innovative program. If you are interested in sponsoring a local PKK community group for participation in these activities, please contact us for more details or go to our donations page to make your donation now.
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| School and Community Waste Management Workshops |
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| These workshops help to increase understanding about the background and causes of environmental problems within local communities, and then facilitate development of community based solutions appropriate to the participating community’s needs and resources.
Our aim is to empower members of the local communities through non-formal education and access to information and resources so that they are able to continue to solve their own problems.
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| Depending on the specific community of school’s wishes solutions may include: |
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• Waste reduction at the household level
• Community clean up programs
• Related extra curricular activities at local schools
• The development of community based recycling micro industries |
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| Yayasan IDEP Foundation continues to seek support and donations to meet these demands for community based training activities. If you are interested in sponsoring a local community group for participation in these activities, please contact us for more details or go to our donations page to make your donation now. |
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| Public Awareness Campaign Development |
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| Yayasan IDEP Foundation’s Media Team has developed a wide range of culturally appropriate campaigning materials for use in its waste management programs. When support is available for producing the campaign materials, they are also distributed through other NGOs in Bali and Indonesia. |
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| IDEP’s Waste Management information and campaign media includes: |
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• Public awareness billboards
• Posters and handouts about waste management
• Silk screened cloth bags with slogans
• Waste separation bin signs
• Information for making recycled paper |
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| IDEP’s Environment information and campaign media includes: |
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• Posters about environmental impacts of chemical agriculture
• Posters about farmers’ issues
• Posters about deforestation
• Tourism oriented environment posters |
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| To view these resources on-line in either Indonesian or English, go to our Public Awareness Media ‘About Waste Management and Environment’ pages. These resources can be downloaded from there, free of charge, and some of the materials are specially designed to be easily photocopied and handed out as needed.
If you prefer you can contact us to order campaign materials in a CD or hard copy format. Related posters and stickers are also available by mail order.
For those interested in finding out more about waste management related issues, our website’s links page has links to several websites that contain related information.
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