The Ministry of Industry will call the Koster Industry, discuss the AMDK ban under 1 liter

Jakarta – The Ministry of Industry (Kemenperin) will immediately call the governor of Bali, I Wayan Koster and all industries that produce disposable plastic bottle water (AMDK) in Bali. The summons is to jointly relate to the circular (s) ban on packaged production of drinking water under 1 liter. It was recently said by Deputy Minister of Industry, Faisol Riza. According to him, before deciding his policy, especially what has affected the growth in the industry, the Bali provincial government must first coordinate with the central government. “It is better to coordinate with the central government before deciding,” Faisol Riza said in a written statement on Friday (11/4/2025). Browse to continue with the content. “We talk first and give the opportunity for business people to respond, to find a way together. We will schedule it next week,” he said. Previously, a member of the House of Representatives Commission VII Bambang Haryo Soekarno (BHS) criticized the Circular (Se) of the Governor of Bali Number 9 of 2025 prohibiting entrepreneurs from producing bottled drinking water under 1 liter. According to him, in addition to killing the AMDK industry, the ban will also affect the sustainability of the creative industry using the plastic packaging and the lives of the scavengers there. If the reason is due to environmental factors, Bambang said that the largest waste in Bali is organic waste that reaches 70% of the waste in Bali. While inorganic waste is only 28%. “So we need to know beforehand, instead, organic waste in Bali is much larger than inorganic waste,” he said. He also explained that 28% of inorganic waste, plastic bottles and plastic packaging only about 16%. “If the plastic waste is only 16 percent of the inorganic waste, the AMDK bottle of packaging under 1 liter is also not up to five percent,” he said. So, according to him, the problem of the amount of inorganic waste of AMDK packaging under 1 liter, which is only 5% of the inorganic waste, should be controlled by sorting waste during the disposal. “Instead of making a ban. This is the task of the Bali provincial government to make enough garbage cabinets in public facilities by sorting out inorganic waste such as plastic that can be recycled and not, as well as organic waste,” he said. Therefore, he said he did not agree with the ban on the Bali provincial government that would kill the AMDK industry there. Not only does the ban on AMDK production under 1 liter, according to him, also have an impact on the recycling industry and small industries that use their raw materials of the AMDK plastic waste, as well as the lives of the scavengers there. “Don’t let the ban on the Bali provincial government, many parties are injured and many people lose their business,” he said. Bambang said that in addition to killing the AMDK industry and other small industries in Bali, the ban on AMDK production under 1 liter would also make it difficult for people who were already used to using it. “I think the ban will only make it difficult for people who really prefer to use bottles of packaging under 1 liter, rather than a 1.5 liter or more packaging, because it’s too heavy to wear it anywhere,” he said. So, he said, the solution must be made by the Bali provincial government to overcome the problem of waste in his environment was to keep a waste. According to him, the problem of garbage that lasts for a long time in Bali is indeed plastic. “But this is because the public area is not provided there any places sorted in three types, namely organic, inorganic, non-plastic and inorganic plastic. Because inorganic is not plastic, it cannot be recycled,” he said. Bambang suggested that the Bali provincial government should provide sufficient trash facilities to the community to sort their trash. Then, in pressure places or public amenities, for example on the beach, and so on, it is only written that plastic bottles should not be thrown away indifferently, but should be discarded in a plastic shelter. “Just give sanctions to the people who scatter as in Pera No. 1 of 2015 regarding public order, by a maximum of six months and a maximum fine of RP. 50 million,” he said. The by -law must therefore truly be published and maintained so that people are afraid to junk. In addition, he said, the Bali provincial government should also oversee the community not to junk. “Supervision is certainly not only carried out by officers, but also monitored by the community itself, so that everyone participates in monitoring,” he said. According to him, such steps in Surabaya were taken by the Regional Regulation (Pera) of Surabaya City Number 1 of 2019 regarding amendments to Surabaya City Regulation No. 5 of 2014 regarding waste and beauty management in Surabaya through judicial operations. “In addition to officers, the community can also report if junk writing is violated. So, not even the existing industry,” he said. (ANL/EGA) HOEGENG Awards 2025 Read the inspiring story of the exemplary police candidate here