Indonesia’s National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) has signed a $10 million loan agreement with the World Bank for the improvement of solid waste management in the country. The estimated cost of the project is $1.17 billion, of which Bappenas is expected to raise $770 million. Further, the remaining $300 million will be raised through parallel financing.
The project will be implemented by the Directorate General of Human Settlements and the Ministry of Public Works and Housing. It will be undertaken in four phases and Phase I is expected to commence in the fourth quarter of 2018.
Part of the Long-Term National Urban Development Plan 2015-2045, the project aims to provide services and facilities for social waste management to approximately 70 cities. All the metropolitan areas including Bandung, Banjarmasin, Bogor, Denpasar, Depok, Jakarta, Madiun, Magelang, Makassar, Manado, Mataram, Medan, Padang, Palembang, Semarang and Surabaya are targeted by the programme.
The scope of the project involves the construction of new landfills, a new leachate treatment system, and upgradation of the associated site infrastructure such as access roads, drains, management and operation buildings, heavy equipment, site fencing, guard posts, weighbridges, sorting stations, internal site power, water, and sanitation systems, and an intermediate treatment facility.