GO RECYCLING TRASH

            When we go to Jakarta, we will not difficult to find the dump of trashes. It is common scenery in Jakarta. It iscaused by the ignorance of society to keep the environment clean. They do not throw the trash to the trash bin, but to the rivers, side of the streets, and others. They do not also recognize that trash can be recycled. Recycling trash means that the trash is reproduced become new product. It will give some advantages for the government, the society, and the environment.

            First, recycling trash can help the government decrease the unemployment. In Jakarta, there is the trash bank program that was initiated by the Jakarta Environmental Management Agency in cooperation with PT Unilever Indonesia. This program needsmany people to be its member that have duties to collect,process and manage the trash. This program requires the members to separate non-organic and organic trash and campaign it to the society around them. After that, the members recycle the non-organic trash become souvenirs like bags, wallets, frames, and other bric-a-brac, meanwhile, the organic trash is processed into compost. Because of this program can make opportunities for employment, so the society can get job from it and they will not the unemployment anymore.

            Second, recycling trash can give income for the members of trash bank through its products. After the trashes are recycled become souvenirs, the souvenirs will be sold to the market or distributor. Money from trash can be given to chief of trash bank after that the chief give it to the members. The return might not be much, but it could buy some supplies for her family, said Sumini, the member of trash bank at The Jakarta Post. “We never knew before that the trash could be so valuable. It is like money waiting to happen,” said Sariyem, one of locals who contributed to the trash bank program. It is clear that recycling trash make the society get income from the products such as bags, wallets, and other bric-a-brac.

            Third, recycling trash can make Jakarta clean. Based on The Jakarta Post, Jakarta produces around 6,000 tons of garbage a day, 4,500 tons of which is dumped into BantarGebang landfill in Bekasi. Imagine, how dirty Jakarta is, so many people produce trash in a day. If it is ignored, Jakarta will be fulfilled of trashes and cause disasters. Therefore, the government should make the society aware that trash can be recycled and produce money. Therefore, the people will not throw their trash but process it to be valuable products. If the society recognize and do it, Jakarta will be clean from trash.

            Finally, from the explanation above, it is clear that, the recycling trash give some benefits. It helps the government to decrease the employment, give income for the society, and make Jakarta clean. The government should dothe campaign of the recycling trash, in order to the people in Jakarta recognize about it.

by: Anne

(Source: The Jakarta Post, March 3^th, 2011)