MPR and Pandawara are working together to find solutions to overcome the waste crisis

Jakarta – Deputy Chairman of the MPR Eddy Soeparno opened the 2025 Indonesia Climate Change Forum (ICCF) series of events together with the Indonesian Minister of Environment Hanif Faisol. One of the important sessions in the ICCF series of events is the Panel Discussion session on the waste crisis and the use of waste to energy (WTE) held on Thursday (23/10). According to Eddy, this session was dedicated to listening to input from various parties regarding the handling of the waste crisis, which is currently an environmental issue that needs to be resolved. “Currently, of the 56 million tons of waste produced during a year in Indonesia, only 40% can be managed. Therefore, tomorrow in the ICCF thematic session, we will listen to input from various parties on what needs to be solved to face the threat of the waste crisis,” explains Eddy, in his statement, Wednesday (22/10/2025). Scroll TO CONTINUE CONTENT According to Eddy, ICCF will be a meeting point for activists taking action to clean up waste, policy makers and regional leaders who will discuss finding the best solutions and strengthening cooperation. “At the ICCF forum, we will present Pandawara as a movement of young people who are the inspiration for the action to clean up litter, Bogor Mayor Dedie Rachim who is also currently facing the litter problem and Danantara as a party that will later become part of the waste-to-energy technology approach,” explained the UI Political Science Doctor. “The hope is that this forum will deliver strategic recommendations and collaborative designs as a form of support for the government’s initiative to implement waste-to-energy technology as outlined in the Presidential Decree (Presidential Regulation) on Waste Number 109 of 2025,” he continued. Eddy also explained that the MPR RI will continue to be involved in efforts to overcome the waste crisis so that it does not escalate into a social crisis and may even have an impact on a health crisis. “Waste-to-energy technology offers two advantages at once, firstly, the reduction of significant amounts of waste and secondly, the production of renewable energy sources. In other words, WTE technology makes it possible to process waste, which was previously a problem, into a solution to environmental problems as well as to meet energy needs,” he concluded. Also watch the video ‘Deputy Minister of Environment: Regional Government provides land – 3% of APBD for waste to energy project’: (akd/ega)