In Indonesia, it is estimated that each person creates an average of 1.2 kilograms of waste per day. In total, this amounts to around 105 million metric tons of trash generated each year. Of this, only around 17% is recycled, leaving the majority of Indonesia’s waste to be managed in landfills.
The country’s largest landfill, located in Bekasi on the outskirts of Jakarta, is already full and is now overflowing. The landfill receives around 5,000 metric tons of trash each …