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Foto udara petugas Dinas Lingkungan Hidup Kota Depok menggunakan alat berat untuk mengangkut sampah dari tempat pembuangan sementara di Kota Depok, Jawa Barat, Kamis (5/2/2026) The government is preparing around 30 regions as potential beneficiaries of the Local Service Development Program (LSDP), a locally focused waste management funding initiative supported by the World Bank. Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian explained that out of 65 regions initially listed, only 3

Menteri Lingkungan Hidup Hanif Faisol Nurofiq melalui Surat Edaran Nomor 02 Tahun 2026 meminta pemerintah daerah untuk segera menyusun peraturan mengenai pembatasan dan pelarangan penggunaan plastik sekali pakai. Minister of Environment Hanif Faisol Nurofiq, through Circular Letter No. 02 of 2026, has instructed regional governments to immediately draft regulations limiting and banning the use of single-use plastics, including plastic bags, plastic straws, and styroafoam foo

Pekerja menata sampah elektronik untuk diambil komponen yang masih dapat digunakan di Aceh Besar, Aceh, Rabu (9/6/2021). Sampah elektronik seperti televisi, ponsel, laptop, kipas angin, komputer, kulkas dan barang elektronik rumah tangga yang telah rusak memiliki potensi ekonomi yang besar apabila dikelola dan dimanfaatkan untuk daur ulang. The Reciprocal Trade Agreement between Indonesia and the United States includes a commitment to develop facilities for recovering critic

Menteri Lingkungan Hidup Hanif Faisol Nurofiq (kedua kiri), Gubernur Bali Wayan Koster (kiri) dan Bupati Badung I Wayan Adi Arnawa (tengah) memungut sampah saat kegiatan aksi korve bersih sampah laut di Pantai Jimbaran, Badung, Bali, Kamis (5/3/2026). Waste management in Bali has come under national scrutiny after no regency or city in the province received the “Towards a Clean City” designation in the 2025 Adipura cleanliness evaluation. Minister of Environment Hanif Faisol

Menteri Perdagangan Budi Santoso (kedua kanan) bersama Anggota Komisi VI DPR Darmadi Durianto (kanan) melihat pakaian bekas impor sebelum dimusnahkan di PT Prasadha Pamunah Limbah Industri (PPLI), Klapanunggal, Bogor, Jawa Barat, Jumat (14/11/2025) Indonesia has agreed to allow imports of shredded second-hand clothing from the United States under The Agreement on Reciprocal Trade signed on February 19. Under the agreement, imports of worn shredded clothing (SWC) are intended

Pekerja memilah sampah di Tempat Pengolahan Sampah Terpadu (TPST) Tahura Ngurah Rai 1, Denpasar, Bali, Kamis (5/3/2026). Denpasar menjadi satu dari empat daerah yang bakal segera memulai pembangunan fasilitas waste to energy (WtE) Danantara is targeting the construction of Waste-to-Energy (WtE) or Waste-to-Electricity (PSEL) projects in Bekasi, Denpasar, Yogyakarta, and Bogor, with groundbreaking scheduled no later than July 2026. In the initial phase, the WtE project operat

Warga beraktivitas di permukiman penduduk dengan latar belakang tumpukan sampah di Tempat Pengolahan Sampah Terpadu (TPST) Bantar Gebang, di Bekasi, Jawa Barat. TPST Bantar Gebang, the largest waste management facility in Indonesia, has come under scrutiny after it was found to still use the open dumping method, where waste is simply piled directly on the ground surface. Minister of Environment Hanif Faisol Nurofiq emphasized that this practice violates Law No. 18 of 2008 on

Dinna Prapto Raharja, Direktur Eksekutif Synergy Policies; Spica Tutuhanunewa, FPSA Kementerian Luar Negeri; Marzuki Darusman, Senior Advisor Synergy Policies; dan Mohamad Fadhil Hasan, Anggota Dewan Energi Nasional (DEN), memberikan keterangan kepada pers, di Jakarta, Senin (2/3). Indonesia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has positioned the clean energy transition as an integral part of the country’s strategic diplomacy. Head of the Foreign Policy Strategy Agency, Muhamad Tak

BRIN has developed Inacell, a microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) product derived from palm oil empty fruit bunch waste. This innovation aims to utilize the abundant solid waste from the palm oil industry while increasing its economic value. BRIN researcher Holilah explained that MCC is a controlled cellulose hydrolysis product widely used in various industries, including pharmaceuticals, food, cosmetics, and coating materials. Through a processing method that removes lignin, th

A study published in the journal Marine Pollution Bulletin revealed that microplastics have reached depths of approximately 2,450 meters along the Indonesian Throughflow (ITF), which connects the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. The study, led by BRIN researcher Corry Yanti Manullang, analyzed 92 seawater samples from 11 observation stations ranging from the Makassar Strait to the Lombok Strait. From a total of 872 liters of seawater analyzed, researchers identified 924 mi