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Municipal Solid Waste Management in Indonesia

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Municipal Solid Waste Management in Asia and the Pacific Islands

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Solid Waste Management Act 18/2008 is expected to bring major changes and new challenges in waste management in Indonesia, which will serve as the umbrella for sound MSW managements in Indonesia. The basic approach of this law is waste reduction through 3Rs as the first priority, and the next is proper waste handling.

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Abbreviations

ANS:

Agency for national standard

FD:

Final disposal

ITB:

Institut teknologi bandung

JICA:

Japan international cooperation agency

MPW:

Ministry of public works of Indonesia

MSW:

Municipal solid waste

NGO:

Non-govermental organization

SNI:

Standar nasional Indonesia (Indonesia national standard)

3Rs:

Reduce, reuse and recycle

SME:

State ministry of environment of Indonesia

TS:

Transfer station

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Damanhuri, E., Handoko, W., Padmi, T. (2014). Municipal Solid Waste Management in Indonesia. In: Pariatamby, A., Tanaka, M. (eds) Municipal Solid Waste Management in Asia and the Pacific Islands. Environmental Science and Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4451-73-4_8

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