Merah Putihi Hijau

Name of environmental initiative: Merah Putihi Hijau
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The opportunity costs of pursuing any thermic waste treatment in Indonesia are huge (negative energy balance, loss of essential organic matter and pollution). No major economies of scale exist for processing by biological decomposition. On the contrary, increased logistic cost and other reasons call for a far-reaching decentralization. Building community owned sorting and composting facilities will lead to the enforcement of rules in waste management and it will restore our soils and save future ecosystems and biodiversity. All of this can be achieved while saving the government hundreds of millions in waste management costs.

Why does the innovation or project matter?

Because it actually reduces waste to landfill by up to 90% and it helps restore our future ecosystems and biodiversity. Indonesia’s about 50 million ton of organic waste per year contribute about 11 % to the country’s greenhouse gas emissions or even 21 % when peat and forest fires are excluded. Controlled decomposition of organic waste would contribute significantly to the national goal of reducing greenhouse gasses 29 % by 2030, compared to “business as usual”.

How do you or your team know that the innovation or project is working (or making a positive contribution)?

10 years of lessons learned from Temesi Recycling, UN Showcase Award, several news articles, daily monitoring and measuring of waste to landfill, of CO2 reductions, of composting results, of plastics recycled,! www.temesirecycling.com ; www.mph-bali.org ; www.bumisasmaya.org