VOI - Voice of Indonesia | RRI - Radio Republik Indonesia

The Clean Trash inThree Months Movement (TBBS) was launched by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry-KLHK together with Palembang City Government, on 21 January 2018. The implementation of theMovement is until 21 April 2018, however, this massive garbage clean movement will not stop after the date.Director General of Waste Management, Waste and Hazardous Hazardous Materials, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Rossa Vivien Ratnawati to RRI, in Palembang on Monday (12/3/2018) said TBBS agenda should be the trigger to spur awareness to always apply the three Rs lifestyle namely, reduce, reuse and recycle waste.According to Vivien, the activity is intended to invite the people of Palembang more concerned about waste management, as well as preparation and dissemination of “Less waste more games”campaign during the upcoming Asian Games. To date, approximately 1,500 TBBS activities in 20 Provinces have been conducted, involving more than 2 million people. The activity succeeded in collecting more than one million tons of processed waste, consisting of organic, and inorganic waste. While the residue sent to the Final Disposal was only less than 600 tons. This indicates that the waste management initiative which is a collaboration between community and local government has been well implemented and needs to be appreciated. In addition, Vivien adds, there will also be fostering waste management campaign to Boy Scouts. Meanwhile, ad interim Palembang Mayor, H. Akhmad Najib, stated that Palembang City is improving to host the 2018 Asian Games, and supporting the achievement of clean Indonesia 2020 garbage. Akhmad Najib revealed that the clean of garbage action in Palembang was also enlivened by some entertainers who are concerned with environmental issues along with seven Waste Patrol ambassadors. In addition, there was a dialogue with a number of communities, as a means of sharing the realization of "Palembang Clean from Waste”. Along with the dialogue, a waste management training was also conducted to 100 members of Scout Saka Wanabakti, by LHK Expert Staff for Youth Generation Development, in the hope that Scouts can become agents of environmental change, especially waste management.Similar activities with the concept of "less waste event" have been held in Semarang, and will still take place in several cities, such as Makassar, Ambon, Yogyakarta, Jayapura and Banjarmasin, until 15 April.