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Friendly Environment Polling Station in Bandung;photo : Daniel/VOI - 

Voinews, Bandung - Wednesday, February 14 2024 will be the momentum for the democratic party in Indonesia. The excitement of the five-yearly election of national leaders and people's representatives takes place in various regions, including Bandung.

There is something unique about Voting Place (TPS) 25 Gang Liogenteng, Astana Anyar, Bandung city. The TPS, which compiled 269 Permanent Voter Lists (DPT), succeeded in stealing the attention of the public and media.

This is because the voting location was decorated with knick-knacks from processed waste such as bottle caps, mineral water wrappers, coffee wrappers, and others. 

As soon as voters enter the voting room, guests will be asked to fill out an attendance list at a table covered with woven plastic waste.

Voters walked on a red carpet made of coffee wrappers that extended to the voting booth. The TPS 25 signage above the words Waste Bank is made from plastic bottle caps, right next to the fountain and plant pots which are all made from used mineral water packaging.

Chairman of TPS 25, Sandi, said that the creative idea for waste processing was also related to the existence of a Waste Bank in Nyengsret Village, Astana Anyar District, Bandung.

"Incidentally, since July, the Nyengsret sub-district has been implementing it, and has opened its own Waste Bank, before the waste emergency in the city of Bandung, that's why this is also an initiation, rather than buying decorations, it's better if we use existing waste," said Sandi to VOI at location of TPS 25 Bandung.

The aim of waste-based decoration ideas is to make people, especially voters, more aware of sorting and recycling so that they have marketability.

"The aim is to make people more aware, to actually sort the waste because maybe after looking at it like this, the waste could be useful and could have selling value," added Sandi.

Through innovative waste-based decorations, TPS 25 succeeded in attracting voter participation, "Thank God, up to now we have almost 75 percent of the 269 (DPT) 200 voters, just a little more, thank God," concluded Sandi when met at the last minute. final election at TPS 25//(DAN-VOI)