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Governor Pramono Anung’s 500-year vision continues to intertwine large-scale waste infrastructure with community-level solutions. Following a landslide at the Bantargebang integrated waste-processing plant (TPST), the governor issued a mandate for household waste segregation, supported by the Metropolitan Police’s “Jaga Jakarta Bersih dan Asri” campaign. As of August 2026, a new national mandate from the Ministry of Environment has prohibited open-dumping at all final waste sites, requiring households to separate waste into organic, recyclable, fuel-grade, and residual streams. To support this, Jakarta is working continues its push toward 100% waste management by 2028 through 2028, anchored by the planned construction of three waste-to-energy plants (PLTSa) in Bantargebang, Tanjung Priok, and Sunter, each capable of processing 1,500 to 2,000 tons daily. Local efforts to drive the circular economy are expanding. In Makassar, environmental agencies are utilizing TPS 3R facilities to convert organic waste into Black Soldier Fly maggot protein. In Jakarta, the administration is leveraging waste bank units—currently numbering 2,247—and promoting segregation through early-childhood education. Academic institutions, such as Diponegoro University, are also supporting the shift by teaching circular-economy principles and maggot farming. Infrastructure improvements include converting Bantargebang into a controlled landfill using geomembrane sheets to eliminate open dumping. Sunter. To combat illegal dumping, enforce compliance, the DKI Jakarta provincial government has begun imposing issuing administrative sanctions, including fines and warnings sanctions; notably, PT Sinar Berdikari Cemerlang Idaman was fined 10 million IDR for companies. Alongside technical shifts, the government illegal dumping in Cilincing. Governor Pramono Anung has introduced social protections. This includes registering 4,000 scavengers at Bantargebang warned that companies in the hotel, restaurant, and cafe (Horeka) sectors face even harsher penalties, including business closure, for BPJS Ketenagakerjaan social security, unauthorized dumping. Private sector involvement is expanding, with plans Bank Jakarta launching communal biodigesters in North Jakarta to cover more workers. Nationally, convert organic waste into biogas and fertilizer. On a national scale, the Ministry of Home Affairs has launched the ‘Gerakan Indonesia ASRI’ (Clean Indonesia Movement) Movement), championed by President Prabowo Subianto, to encourage community-level promote household-level waste sorting. Danantara Investment Management continues its PSEL programme rollout, with design work for new sites slated Social protections for completion informal workers are also advancing. Beyond the 4,000 scavengers registered at Bantargebang, workers at the GO-SARI 3R Waste Treatment Site have received BPJS Ketenagakerjaan coverage, including Work Accident Insurance and Death Benefits. Nationally, the Ministry of Environment has established a roadmap to achieve 100% waste management by 2029, aligned with the National Medium-Term Development Plan. This strategy aims to end open dumping practices by 2026 and initiate massive facility construction in 2026. 2027 to address the fact that currently, approximately 75% of Indonesia’s daily waste remains unmanaged.